Definition of Jongleur

1. Noun. A singer of folk songs.


Definition of Jongleur

1. n. In the Middle Ages, a court attendant or other person who, for hire, recited or sang verses, usually of his own composition. See Troubadour.

Definition of Jongleur

1. Noun. An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jongleur

1. a minstrel [n -S] - See also: minstrel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jongleur

joltproof
jolts
jolty
jomo
jomon
jomos
jonah
joncanoe
joncanoes
jones fracture
jonesed
joneses
jonesing
jonesite
jong
jongleur (current term)
jongleurs
jongs
jonidan
jonkmanskas
jonnycake
jonnycakes
jonokuchi
jonquil
jonquille
jonquils
jonties
jonty
jook
jook-sing

Literary usage of Jongleur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Victrola Book of the Opera: Stories of the Operas with Illustrations by Samuel Holland Rous, Victor Talking Machine Company (1921)
"TH E OPE RA IE jongleur DE NOTRE .L^DAME, miracle play in three acts, text by Maurice Lena, from a mediaeval miracle play, Etui de Nacre, by Anatol France. ..."

2. Literary History of the Troubadours: Containing Their Lives, Extracts from by Susannah Dawson Dobson, Dobson (Susannah) (1807)
"The jongleur, charmed with the scene, and enlivened by the encouraging frankness of his host, became collected and at ease, as befits a man of understanding ..."

3. The Standard Operas, Their Plots and Their Music by George Putnam Upton (1914)
"Le jongleur de Notre Dame " Le jongleur de Notre Dame " (" Our Lady's Juggler "), entitled a miracle play, was first produced at Monte Carlo in ili«5 in ..."

4. The Wayfarers by Josephine Preston Peabody (1898)
"Warm yourself with the days that were ; Follow the Summer, beg of her, But never sadden us, jongleur, jongleur, go down the dark! ..."

5. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"... she laughed in bitter anger. " Now this passes imagination !" she said ; " no jongleur can show so deft a transmutation I His legerdemain can transform ..."

6. A Guide to Modern Opera: Description & Interpretation of the Words & Music by Esther Singleton (1909)
"... 1902 " I have read that adorable score of the jongleur de Notre Dame and I find it charming. I have seen and heard it, and I find it exquisite. ..."

7. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1849)
"rather they worship but one Divinity, which discovers itself in a certain animal, such as it shall please their jongleur, or priest, to pitch upon ; so that ..."

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