Main Entry: trou·vère

Pronunciation: \trü-ˈver\

Function: noun

Etymology: French, from Old French troveor, troverre, from trover to compose, find, from Vulgar Latin *tropare — more at troubadour

Date: 1795

: one of a school of poets who flourished from the 11th to the 14th centuries and who composed mostly narrative works (as chansons de geste and fabliaux) — compare troubadour