troubadour

noun

Definition of troubadournext
as in bard
a writer and performer of songs or poetry in the Middle Ages

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Recent Examples of troubadour Stroll around the Artist Quarter, where troubadours serenade passersby in the evenings. — Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2026 The two vivid soloists were tenor Anthony León as the cocky troubadour and baritone Eleomar Cuello as the cocky devil. — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2026 The 78-year-old troubadour bravely refused to engage in the kind of safe, predictable, by-the-numbers show that — apart from Bob Dylan and Paul Simon — too many of his baby-boomer peers are content to dole out night after night to nostalgia-craving audiences. — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026 That this arrives at the end of an album about the trials and glories inherent to the work of troubadours, a tale of highway butterflies surviving in the place that let them, of love that didn’t die young, is just right. — Jenn Pelly, Pitchfork, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for troubadour
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  1. bard
  2. singer
  3. songster
  4. vocalist
Noun
  • Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Nolan sets the tone by opening with a bard (Travis Scott) beginning to tell the tale of the fall of Troy—at least the idealized heroic version that the bard’s audiences are hungry to hear.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026
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  • The singer is accused of murdering 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Fergie, 51, marked the milestone with an Instagram carousel featuring photos of Axl throughout the years, including a throwback of the singer holding him as a toddler as well as a more recent snapshot of the mother-son duo at dinner together.
    — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of singer
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  • How absurd, indeed, to imagine wild birds giving time like the mechanical songsters on an ornamental clock.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.
    — Caitlin Harrington, WIRED, 6 Oct. 2023
Definition of songster
Noun
  • Trace was a vocalist and guitarist in pop rock band Metro Station.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Dogstar features guitarist and lead vocalist Bret Domrose, drummer Robert Mailhouse and Reeves, who plays bass, according to a press release from Hollywood Casino Aurora on Thursday.
    — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of vocalist

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