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| —n | |
| (in medieval France) an itinerant minstrel | |
| [C18: from Old French jogleour, from Latin joculātor joker, jester; see | |
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jongleur
"wandering minstrel," 1779, from Norm.Fr. jongleur, variant of O.Fr. jogleor, from L. joculatorem "jester, joker" (see juggler).
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