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troubadour

[troo-buh-dawr, -dohr, -door] / ˈtru bəˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, -ˌdʊər /


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“Right now I’m a solo artist, which is kind of fun. I’m up there like a folk troubadour, singing the songs, reading from the book, and making some well-timed joke,” he told Salon.

From Salon Jul. 29, 2026

More affecting is Malta's elegant and sentimental ballad Bella, sung by moustachioed troubadour Aidan.

From BBC May 8, 2026

The Texas troubadour is celebrating not what’s withered and worn but authentic and real.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 13, 2026

Over the past year, the shaggy-haired guitarist and singer has emerged as a modern-day protest troubadour, collaborating with Baez, selling out concert halls, and soaring to rarified fame on social media.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

The troubadour, Chrétien, plays a few more notes, and then lowers himself onto a stool.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Taylor says he is among the last of a generation of troubadours who experienced and wrote about the "romance of the road" from the 1960s, 70s and 80s.

From BBC Jun. 12, 2026

It helped establish a popular theme among modern-day troubadours with its tale of a lonely and destitute wanderer far from home “with a dollar in my hand, and an aching in my heart.”

From Los Angeles Times May 1, 2023

How many times did "Gilmore Girls" have a show, a tiny village with not one but multiple troubadours and Miss Patty's prolific dance studio?

From Salon Dec. 18, 2022

A jazz clarinetist who reinvented himself as a singer-songwriter, Dalla nonetheless became one of Italy’s most beloved troubadours in the later decades of the 20th century.

From New York Times Feb. 15, 2022

"And tomorrow?" the innkeeper asks the children, as the troubadours collect their instruments.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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