trouvère
noun
trou·vère trü-ˈver 
: one of a school of poets who flourished from the 11th to the 14th centuries and who composed mostly narrative works (such as chansons de geste and fabliaux) compare troubadour
Word History
Etymology
French, from Old French troveor, troverre, from trover to compose, find, from Vulgar Latin *tropare — more at troubadour
First Known Use
1795, in the meaning defined above