Definitions for troubadours

troubadours trou·ba·dour

Spelling: [troo-buh-dawr, -dohr, -doo r]
IPA: /ˈtru bəˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, -ˌdʊər/

Troubadours is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 545 anagrams from letters in troubadours (abdoorrstuu).

Definitions for troubadours

noun

  1. one of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. Compare trouvère.
  2. any wandering singer or minstrel.

Origin of troubadours

1720-30; French Provençal trobador, equivalent to trob(ar) to find, compose (see trover) + -ador Latin -ātor -ator

Examples for troubadours

Eleanor's grandfather, as I have said, was one of the earliest of the troubadours.

Suddenly all the music of the troubadours was hushed in dreadful expectation.

Im booked with the troubadours from the first of July; next Monday.

The verses of the troubadours and the trouvres were very licentious.

I lived at the court of Avalon, the home of Love and troubadours.

They are the troubadours these birds, the wanderers whose souls are in their voices.

Love, with the troubadours and their ladies, was a source of joy.

Is David Wildstein joining this list of great New Jersey troubadours by singing to the U.S. Attorney?

Even before the death of their patroness the glories of the troubadours were fading.

The rise of the troubadours is due wholly to Oriental influences.

Word Value for troubadours
Scrable

14

Words with friends

17

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