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English Dictionary: jongleur by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
jongleur
n
  1. a singer of folk songs [syn: folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jongleur \Jon"gleur\, Jongler \Jon"gler\, n. [F. jongleur. See
      {Juggler}.]
      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}.
  
                     Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's
                     verse.                                                --J R. Green.
  
      2. A juggler; a conjuror. See {Juggler}. --Milton.
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