troubadour

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Recent Examples of troubadour Ely, the Texas troubadour and progressive country pioneer, was recognized by Springsteen, who spoke reverently of his longtime friend, who could not attend due to health issues. Michele Amabile Angermiller, HollywoodReporter, 27 Apr. 2025 Most of the album stays pretty close to the idea of Young the world has always been most comfortable with, the classic-rock hero and folk-rock troubadour. Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025 Sammie, a troubadour of nearly messianic stature, is no more richly developed. A.a. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025 Timothée Chalamet Took Five Years To Prepare To Play Bob Dylan In ‘A Compete Unknown’ During a small press event in Bob Dylan’s home state of Minnesota on Dec. 5, 2024, Timothée Chalamet said his quest of becoming the legendary troubadour for A Complete Unknown took an immense amount of prep time. Tim Lammers, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for troubadour
Recent Examples of Synonyms for troubadour
Noun
  • Thoughts come, too, about sleep, time, and men, those cretins, pilgrims, scholars, and bards.
    Jane Alison June 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
  • In other words, the Panthers were trying bard to enlist Sly’s talents and influence for their own purposes.
    Timothy Crouse, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2025
Noun
  • Neil Young’s on-off relationship with the BBC and Glastonbury appears to have been resolved, for now, and the singer’s set will be shown live tonight on the national broadcaster.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 28 June 2025
  • The photos of him and Jack marked the singer's tenth Instagram in-feed post that day.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.
    Quartz, Quartz, 25 Nov. 2022
Noun
  • This bears pointing out as many legacy bands and even modern bands these days go back and forth between tunings for songs to accommodate their vocalist, which of course is completely fine.
    Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 26 June 2025
  • Adding former King Crimson bassist/vocalist Boz Burrell and drummer Simon Kirke, the band was complete.
    Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 June 2025

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“Troubadour.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/troubadour. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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