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troubadour

[ troo-buh-dawr, -dohr, -door ]

noun

  1. one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare ³Ù°ù´Ç³Ü±¹Ã¨°ù±ð.
  2. any wandering singer or minstrel.


troubadour

/ ˈ³Ù°ù³Ü˲úəˌ»åÊŠÉ™ /

noun

  1. any of a class of lyric poets who flourished principally in Provence and N Italy from the 11th to the 13th centuries, writing chiefly on courtly love in complex metric form
  2. a singer
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of troubadour1

First recorded in 1720–30; from French, from ±Ê°ù´Ç±¹±ð²Ôç²¹±ô trobador, equivalent to trob(ar) “to find, compose†( trover ) + -ador (from Latin -Äå³Ù´Ç°ù -ator
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of troubadour1

C18: from French, from Old ±Ê°ù´Ç±¹±ð²Ôç²¹±ô trobador , from trobar to write verses, perhaps ultimately from Latin tropus trope
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Thirty years after his breakout as a Sundance darling with “The Brothers McMullen,†Edward Burns may have faded from view as an indie troubadour of middle-class mores, family fractures and romantic entanglements.

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An elite balladeer with stylistic range, Boone made like a seasoned pop-soul troubadour at times, later delivering soaring folk-pop anthems with “My Greatest Fear†and the heart-pouring “Pretty Slowly,†a cathartic unreleased number.

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Halfway through the film, a troubadour sings a ballad recounting the misadventures of the poor thieves we’ve been watching, pointing out Arthur’s adrift state.

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Is theirs music that ever said “engine for movie about young man who wants to skip college to join circus and falls for young troubadour who paints window frames?â€

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Residents have been left bewildered by the box's transformation that consists of a sign attached to the door and images of the tousle-haired troubadour.

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