scop

noun

Definition of scopnext
as in troubadour

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  1. troubadour
  2. poet laureate
Noun
  • In this way, Matt Johnson’s Tony is a fitting tribute to the troubadour chef, whose own legend has only grown since his death by suicide in 2018.
    — Mike Miller, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The cast features not just the creator, who makes the Manic Pixie Dream Girl archetype her own as ukulele troubadour Lulu, but also a pre-Bridgerton Jonathan Bailey in the wild role of an inveterate womanizer.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of troubadour
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  • John Hughes, the poet laureate of ’80s teen angst, was born in 1950 in Michigan.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026
  • At Charlie’s, a group of engineers presented me with a wooden plaque naming me the company’s poet laureate.
    — Claire Stapleton, New Yorker, 18 July 2026
Definition of poet laureate
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