trou·vère (tr -vâr ) also trou·veur (-vûr, -v r)n. One of a class of poet-musicians flourishing in northern France in the 12th and 13th centuries, who composed chiefly narrative works, such as the chansons de geste, in langue d'oïl. [French, from Old French trovere, from trover, to compose, from Vulgar Latin *trop  re; see troubadour.] |
trouvère [truːˈvɛə (French) truvɛr], trouveur (French) [truvœr]
n
(Historical Terms) any of a group of poets of N France during the 12th and 13th centuries who composed chiefly narrative works
[from French, from Old French troveor, from trover to compose; related to troubadour]
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