Jongleur

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Jongleur \Jon"gleur\, Jongler \Jon"gler\, n. [F. jongleur. See
     {Juggler}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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}.


        [1913 Webster]
  
              Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's
              verse.                                --J R. Green.
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     2. A juggler; a conjuror. See {Juggler}. --Milton. Jonquil

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jongleur
       n : a singer of folk songs [syn: {folk singer}, {minstrel}, {poet-singer},
            {troubadour}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "jongleur":
     Meistersinger, Parnassian, 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, minnesinger,
     minor poet, minstrel, modernist, occasional poet, odist,
     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