Etymology

trouvère

Today it means: A medieval lyric poet using the Northern langue d’oïl (precursor dialects of modern French), as opposed to their older, southern example, the original troubadours, who used langue d’oc (Occitan) Full definition →

French trouvère
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  1. French · borrowed fromtrouvère
  2. English todaytrouvère

Borrowed from French trouvère.

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