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troubadour

[troo-buh-dawr, -dohr, -door] / ˈtru bəˌdɔr, -ˌdoʊr, -ˌdʊər /


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The Texas troubadour is celebrating not what’s withered and worn but authentic and real.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Over the past year, the shaggy-haired guitarist and singer has emerged as a modern-day protest troubadour, collaborating with Baez, selling out concert halls, and soaring to rarified fame on social media.

From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026

Thirty years after his breakout as a Sundance darling with “The Brothers McMullen,” Edward Burns may have faded from view as an indie troubadour of middle-class mores, family fractures and romantic entanglements.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2025

Residents have been left bewildered by the box's transformation that consists of a sign attached to the door and images of the tousle-haired troubadour.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024

One of them stands up, and I see that he's wearing the fancy sleeves of a troubadour, though they're caked with the dirt of the road.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz




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