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- noun Plural form of
jongleur .
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Examples
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Taruskin knows that the troubadour songs were generally not performed by the nobles but by minstrels, called jongleurs, and affirms that most of the non-aristocratic troubadours started out as minstrels.
From the Troubadours to Frank Sinatra Rosen, Charles 2006
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When all this had been duly gone through with, the 'jongleurs' of Chauny received the Royal permission to resume their perambulations of the realm for another year, and the day wound up with junketings and jollifications all over the town.
France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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The 'jongleurs' and the learned dogs and the green monkeys have passed away, with the lieutenant-general of the king.
France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 William Henry Hurlbert 1861
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Although troubadours, minstrels and jongleurs are attested in the archives of the county from the thirteenth century onwards, we have to wait until the fifteenth century for the picture to become precise enough for us to associate specific works of music with the court of Savoy.
Archive 2009-06-01 Lu 2009
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The success and popularity of these jongleurs attracted unworthy followers and imitators.
Archive 2008-12-01 2008
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I was remanded to Acre with the clerics to grow old among jongleurs and goliards.
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Thoughts on "liege and life minstrels and jongleurs"
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The success and popularity of these jongleurs attracted unworthy followers and imitators.
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I was so impressed when I found out a Galliard was a dance created by the jongleurs in ancient Europe, a pavane of sorts that contains hops and stuff like that.
Madness and Survival The Daily Growler 2006
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Ah, the ribald pleasures of those days of rowdy jongleurs going along the roads telling their tales of ribaldry.
Madness and Survival The Daily Growler 2006
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