"trouveur" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trouveurs [plural]
Etymology: From French trouveur. Piecewise doublet of troubadour. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|trouveur}} French trouveur, {{piecewise doublet|en|troubadour}} Piecewise doublet of troubadour Head templates: {{en-noun}} trouveur (plural trouveurs)
  1. (dated) A minstrel, a troubadour. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-trouveur-en-noun-fNXTPGhM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Middle French entries with incorrect language header, Middle French terms suffixed with -eur, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle French entries with incorrect language header: 79 3 8 3 8 Disambiguation of Middle French terms suffixed with -eur: 65 6 11 6 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 92 2 2 2 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 2 2 2 2

Inflected forms

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