trouveur
/truːˈvɜr/
noun
- A medieval poet or singer in northern France who composed and performed narrative poems and songs, especially about chivalry and courtly love.
- The trouveur performed his epic tale of knights and ladies at the royal court.
- Scholars study the works of the trouveur to understand medieval French culture.
- Unlike the troubadours of the south, the trouveur wrote in the langue d'oïl dialect.
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