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trouvère
trou·vère
/
truˈvɛər;
French
truˈvɛr
/
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[
troo-
vair
;
French
t
r
oo-
ve
r
]
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noun,
plural
trou·vères
/
-ˈvɛərz
;
French
-ˈvɛr
/
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[
-
vairz
;
French
-
ve
r
]
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.
one of a class of medieval poets who flourished in northern France during the 12th and 13th centuries, wrote in langue d'oïl, and composed chiefly the
chansons de geste
and works on the themes of courtly
love
.
Also,
trouveur
.
Compare
troubador
(
def 1
)
.
Origin:
1785–95;
<
French;
Old French
troveor,
equivalent to
trov
(
er
) to find, compose (see
trover
) +
-eor
<
Latin
-ātor
-ator
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trouvère
or
French
trouveur
(truːˈvɛə,
French
truvɛr, truvœr)
—
n
any of a group of poets of N France during the 12th and 13th centuries who composed chiefly narrative works
[C19: from French, from Old French
troveor
, from
trover
to compose; related to
troubadour
]
trouveur
or
French
trouveur
—
n
[C19: from French, from Old French
troveor
, from
trover
to compose; related to
troubadour
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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