n. An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc.; a troubadour.
n. A juggler; a conjurer.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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.
n. A juggler; a conjuror. See Juggler.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. In medieval France, and in England under the Norman kings, a minstrel who went from place to place singing songs, generally of his own composition and to his own accompaniment; later, a mountebank.
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n. a singer of folk songs
Word Usage
"Every voice in the town declared confidently that the jongleur was the guilty man, and had successfully hidden his plunder before he was sighted and pursued."