Meaning of JONGLEUR
| Pronunciation: | | 'jângglur
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| | Definition: | | [n] a singer of folk songs |
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| | Synonyms: | | folk singer, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour |
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| | See Also: | | Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter Seeger, Seeger, singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, Woody Guthrie | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Jon"gleur\, Jongler \Jon"gler\, n. [F. jongleur. See
{Juggler}.]
1. In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who,
for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own
composition. See {Troubadour}.
Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's
verse. --J R. Green.
2. A juggler; a conjuror. See {Juggler}. --Milton.
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| | Related Terms: | | arch-poet, ballad maker, ballad singer, balladeer, balladmonger, bard, beat poet, bucoliast, elegist, epic poet, fili, folk singer, folk-rock singer, gleeman, idyllist, imagist, laureate, librettist, major poet, maker, Meistersinger, minnesinger, minor poet, minstrel, modernist, occasional poet, odist, Parnassian, pastoral poet, pastoralist, poet, poet laureate, poetress, rhapsode, rhapsodist, satirist, scop, serenader, skald, sonneteer, street singer, strolling minstrel, symbolist, troubadour, trouveur, trovatore, vers libriste, vers-librist, wait, wandering minstrel |
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