jongleur

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ʒɔ̃ɡlœr/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling( jong′glər; Fr. zhôn glœr′)

Inflections of 'jongleur' (n): npl: jongleurs

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
jon•gleur  ( jong′glər; Fr. zhôn glœr′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gleurs 
    (-glərz; Fr. -glœr′).USA pronunciation 
  1. Literature, Show Business(in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories. Cf. goliard.
  • Latin joculātor joker, equivalent. to joculā(rī) to joke + -tor -tor
  • French; Middle French jougleur (perh. by misreading, ou being read on), Old French jogleor
  • 1755–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
jongleur / ʒɔ̃ɡlœr/
  1. (in medieval France) an itinerant minstrel
Etymology: 18th Century: from Old French jogleour, from Latin joculātor joker, jester; see juggle
'jongleur' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
juggler

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