Daily Word: TROUBADOUR

trou·ba·dour

   [troo-buh-dawr, -dohr, -door] 

~noun

DEFINITION: 1) One of a class of medieval lyric poets who flourished principally in southern France from the 11th to 13th centuries, and wrote songs and poems of a complex metrical form in langue d'oc, chiefly on themes of courtly love. 2) Any wandering singer or minstrel.

SENTENCE: To keep from paying opening acts at concerts many promoters allow a troubadour or two to take the stage to stretch the show out.