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jon⋅gleur
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ˈdʒɒŋ
glər
;
Fr.
ʒɔ̃ˈglœr
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(in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.
Compare
goliard
.
Origin:
1755–65;
< F; MF
jougleur
(perh. by misreading,
ou
being read
on
), OF
jogleor
< L
joculātor
joker, equiv. to
joculā
(
rī
) to
joke
+
-tor
-tor
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jon·gleur
(zhôɴ-glɶr')
n. A wandering minstrel, poet, or entertainer in medieval England and France.
[French, from Old French, variant of
jogleor
, from Latin
ioculātor
,
jester
, from
ioculārī
,
to jest
; see
juggle
.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History
jongleur
"wandering minstrel," 1779, from Norm.Fr.
jongleur,
variant of O.Fr.
jogleor,
from L.
joculatorem
"jester, joker" (see
juggler
).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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