E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Trovatore (Il) (4 syl.).
Manrico, the son of Garzia, brother of the Comte di Luna. Verdis opera so called is taken from the drama of Gargia Guttierez, which is laid in the fifteenth century. Trovatore means a troubadour.