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/ˈtruːbəˌdɔː/ · noun
An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel..
Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.
“"Not a human, not yet a vampire," to paraphrase one of your contemporary musical troubadours.”
Use troubadour when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Troubadour means An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel..
Common synonyms include jongleur, minstrel, folk singer, poet-singer.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution.
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