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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
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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