Jongleur

jongleur
    n 1: a singer of folk songs [syn: {folk singer}, {jongleur},
         {minstrel}, {poet-singer}, {troubadour}]
    

Jongleur \Jon"gleur\, Jongler \Jon"gler\, n. [F. jongleur. See
   {Juggler}.]
   [1913 Webster]
   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}.
      [1913 Webster]

            Vivacity and picturesquenees of the jongleur's
            verse.                                --J R. Green.
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   2. A juggler; a conjuror. See {Juggler}. --Milton. Jonquil
    

50 Moby Thesaurus words for "jongleur":
      Meistersinger, Parnassian, arch-poet, ballad maker, ballad singer,
      balladeer, balladmonger, bard, beat poet, bucoliast, elegist,
      epic poet, fili, folk singer, folk-rock singer, gleeman, idyllist,
      imagist, laureate, librettist, major poet, maker, minnesinger,
      minor poet, minstrel, modernist, occasional poet, odist,
      pastoral poet, pastoralist, poet, poet laureate, poetress,
      rhapsode, rhapsodist, satirist, scop, serenader, skald, sonneteer,
      street singer, strolling minstrel, symbolist, troubadour, trouveur,
      trovatore, vers libriste, vers-librist, wait, wandering minstrel