jongleur

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  • Noun:
    a singer of folk songs

Word Origin

jongleur (n.)
"wandering minstrel," 1779, from Norman-French jongleur, variant of Old French jogleor, from Latin ioculator "jester, joker" (see juggler). Revived in a technical sense by modern writers.

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