Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TROU-BA-DOUR
TROU-BA-DOUR, n. [from Fr. trouver, to find.]
Literally a finder or inventor, a name given to a poet in Provenco in France. The troubadours are considered the inventors of a species of provensal poetry, much celebrated as early as the twelfth century. Henry's Brit.
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