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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 Fusing hilarious candor with righteous anger, this barefoot troubadour who recognized that the personal is always political (and vice versa) launched his career in a serious way after moving to Memphis. — John Beifuss, Memphis Commercial Appeal, 2 Aug. 2026 Showing the kind of humility that one just doesn’t see in the music business — or, all too often, in any business at all — Frank turned over the last part of the main set to fellow CCM troubadour Cory Asbury. — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 15 July 2026 Stroll around the Artist Quarter, where troubadours serenade passersby in the evenings. — Zanny Merullo, Travel + Leisure, 21 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 See All Example Sentences for troubadour
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  1. bard
  2. singer
  3. songster
  4. vocalist
Noun
  • The bard of Idaho, where he was raised but no longer lives, Hunter is keenly aware that no one exists in a psychological vacuum.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Before it was written down, bards recited the adventures of Odysseus and the Greeks orally.
    — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of bard
Noun
  • According to the insider, the baby’s middle name, Bean, is a reference to late singer and activist Carl Bean, who co-founded the Unity Fellowship Church Movement, a faith group that welcomed the LGBTQ+ community.
    — Marzia Nicolini, Vanity Fair, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Susanna Hoffs, the songwriter, novelist, and singer in the Bangles, the nineteen-eighties all-female rock band, was sitting on the shady side of MOMA’s sculpture garden.
    — John Seabrook, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of singer
Noun
  • 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
  • The latter project, curated by Eleventh Dream Day vocalist-guitarist Rick Rizzo, spans two LPs drawn from four Lounge Ax performances recorded between 1991 and 1994.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After more than six decades in the music industry, legendary vocalist Darlene Love takes center stage and reflects on the highs and lows of her career in this celebratory documentary.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of vocalist

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