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jongleur
[
jong
-gler
;
Fr.
zhaw
n
-
gl
œ
r
]
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jon·gleur
/
ˈdʒɒŋ
glər
;
Fr.
ʒɔ̃ˈglœr
/
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[
jong
-gler
;
Fr.
zhaw
n
-
gl
œ
r
]
Show IPA
noun,
plural
jon·gleurs
/
-glərz
;
Fr.
-ˈglœr
/
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[
-glerz
;
Fr.
-
gl
œ
r
]
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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.
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Origin:
1755–65;
<
French;
Middle French
jougleur
(perhaps by misreading,
ou
being read
on
),
Old French
jogleor
<
Latin
joculātor
joker, equivalent to
joculā
(
rī
) to
joke
+
-tor
-tor
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World English Dictionary
jongleur
(
French
ʒɔ̃ɡlœr)
—
n
(in medieval France) an itinerant minstrel
[C18: from Old French
jogleour,
from Latin
joculātor
joker, jester; see
juggle
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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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, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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