jongleur

• jongler

Borrowed from French jongleur.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɑŋ.ɡlɚ/, /ʒɔ̃.ˈɡlɝ/

jongleur (plural jongleurs)

1. An itinerant entertainer in medieval England and France; roles included song, music, acrobatics etc.; a troubadour.
   • J. R. Green

     vivacity and picturesqueness of the jongleur's verse

2. A juggler; a conjurer.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

3. A mountebank.

Borrowed from Middle French jongleur.

• IPA^(key): /jɔŋˈløːr/
• Hyphenation: jong‧leur
• Rhymes: -øːr

jongleur m (plural jongleurs)

1. A juggler.

• jongleuren

• jongleren

From Old French jangleor (and various other spellings) from jongler (“to entertain”)

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ̃.ɡlœʁ/

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jongleur m (plural jongleurs, feminine jongleuse)

1. (dated) an entertainer
2. a juggler
3. (Louisiana) a daydreamer

• “jongleur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).