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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 songs

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

Dictionary entry details

• TROUBADOUR (noun)

Sense 1

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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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