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TROUBADOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does troubadour mean? 

TROUBADOUR (noun)
  The noun TROUBADOUR has 1 sense:

1. a singer of folk songsplay

  Familiarity information: TROUBADOUR used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TROUBADOUR (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A singer of folk songs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

folk singer; jongleur; minstrel; poet-singer; troubadour

Hypernyms ("troubadour" is a kind of...):

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

Instance hyponyms:

Guthrie; Woodrow Wilson Guthrie; Woody Guthrie (United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967))

Pete Seeger; Peter Seeger; Seeger (United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919))


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