trou‧ba‧dour /ˈtruːbədɔː, -dʊə $ -dɔːr, -dʊr/
noun [countable][
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: French;
Origin: Old Provençal trobador, from trobar 'to make music', probably from Latin tropus; ⇒ trope]
a type of singer and poet who travelled around the
palaces and castles of Southern Europe in the 12th and 13th centuries
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