sirvente
noun
sir·vente sir-ˈvänt 
variants or sirventes
sir--ˈven-təs
plural sirventes sir--ˈvänt
-ˈvän(t)s,
-ˈven-təs
: a usually moral or religious song of the Provençal troubadours satirizing social vices
Word History
Etymology
French, from Occitan sirventes, literally, servant's song, from sirvent servant, from Latin servient-, serviens, present participle of servire to serve
First Known Use
1819, in the meaning defined above