'Jongleur' definitions:
Definition of 'jongleur'
From: WordNet
noun
Definition of 'Jongleur'
From: 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A juggler; a conjuror. See Juggler. --Milton. Jonquil
Synonyms of 'jongleur'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- Meistersinger,
- minnesinger,
- minor poet,
- minstrel,
- modernist,
- occasional poet,
- odist,
- Parnassian,
- 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