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jon⋅gleur

[jong-gler; Fr. zhawn-glœr]
–noun, plural -gleurs [-glerz; Fr. -glœr] .
(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() 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.]
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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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