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How to pronounce troubadour in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer
Type of vocalist, vocalizer, singer, vocaliser

Examples of troubadour

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For just a minute, his mile-wide smile belied his image as an angsty troubadour.
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Second album from the Italian raised, London based haunting country troubadour.
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Troubadour is Strait's 25th studio album and his 19th to top the Country chart.
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It seems writer's block is not something that affects the Ohio-born troubadour.
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Staggeringly prolific troubadour Ryan Adams couldn't soldier on alone forever.
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Our most famous troubadour got an early valentine from his home country this week.
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The texts of troubadour songs deal mainly with themes of chivalry and courtly love.
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Alfred Drake played the role in his customary vagabond troubadour style, sans songs.
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The classical period of troubadour activity lasted from about 1170 until about 1220.
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  • Folk singer: a singer of folk songs
  • A troubadour (English /u02C8truu02D0bu0259du028Au0259r/, French:u00A0; Occitan: trobador, IPA:u00A0) was a composer and performer of Old Occitan lyric poetry during the High Middle Ages (1100u20131350). Since the word troubadour is etymologically masculine, a female troubadour is usually called a trobairitz.
  • Troubadour is the title of the 25th studio album by American country music singer George Strait. It was released on April 1, 2008 (see 2008 in country music) on MCA Nashville Records. The album comprises twelve tracks, including two duets. ...
  • Troubadour (1882 - January 16, 1906) was an American Thoroughbred Champion racehorse. Bred in Kentucky by A. J. Alexander's Woodburn Stud, he was sired by Lisbon, a son of the imported British stallion Phaeton who in turn was a son of two-time Leading sire in Great Britain and Ireland, King Tom. ...
  • Troubadour is the fourth album by J. J. Cale, released in 1976. The song "Ride Me High" soon became a live favourite.
  • Troubadour is the third studio album by Somali-Canadian hip hop artist K'naan, released February 24, 2009. The album features performances by Kirk Hammett, Chubb Rock, Chali 2na, Mos Def, Damian Marley, and Adam Levine. ...
  • The Troubadour is a nightclub located in West Hollywood, California, USA, at 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard just east of Doheny Drive and the border of Beverly Hills.
  • (The Troubadours) The Troubadours were an English rock band comprising members from Liverpool, Runcorn and Wigan. The band was originally formed by Mark Frith and Johnny Molyneux in 2005, and they split in late 2009. ...
  • An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel