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jongleur

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jon·gleur  (zhô-glr)
n.
A wandering minstrel, poet, or entertainer in medieval England and France.
[French, from Old French, variant of jogleor, from Latin iocultor, jester, from ioculr, to jest; see juggle.]
jongleur (French) [ʒɔ̃glœr]
n
(Historical Terms) (in medieval France) an itinerant minstrel
[from Old French jogleour, from Latin joculātor joker, jester; see juggle]
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Noun1.jongleur - a singer of folk songsjongleur - a singer of folk songs              
folk singer, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour
singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser - a person who sings
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To all these suggestions the jongleur made no response, but sat with his eye fixed abstractedly upon the ceiling, as one who calls words to his mind.
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