trou·ba·dour (trū'bə-dôr', -dōr', -dʊr') n.
One of a class of 12th-century and 13th-century lyric poets in Southern France, northern Italy, and northern Spain, who composed songs in langue...
Troubadours were entertainers in southern France who sang songs that they composed themselves or shared. They flourished from about 1100 to about 1300. poet-musicians called troubadours began to...