Main Entry: trou·ba·dour

Pronunciation: \ˈtrü-bə-ˌdȯr, -ˌdu̇r\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from Old Occitan trobador, from trobar to compose, from Vulgar Latin *tropare, from Latin tropus trope

Date: circa 1741

1 : one of a class of lyric poets and poet-musicians often of knightly rank who flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century chiefly in the south of France and the north of Italy and whose major theme was courtly love — compare trouvère
2 : a singer especially of folk songs