Definition of minstrel Minstrel
/mɪˈnstɹʌl/ - [minstrul] - min•strel
We found 9 definitions of minstrel from 6 different sources.
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What does minstrel mean?
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NounPlural: minstrels |
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| minstrel - a performer in a minstrel show | ||
| performer, performing artist an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience | ||
| minstrel show a variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface | ||
| corner man, end man a man at one end of a row of people | ||
| minstrel - a singer of folk songs | ||
| folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour | ||
| vocalist, vocaliser, vocalizer, singer a person who sings | ||
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| minstrel - celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels | ||
| sing to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- minstrel (n.)
In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician.
Foolish DictionaryThe Foolish Dictionary 🤡
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minstrel
A footlight foul that makes its nightly lay in every city.
Wikipedia 
- A minstrel was a composer of the medieval time period. Other names for them are minnesinger, troubadour and trouvere.
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