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Minstrel - Wikipedia A minstrel was an entertainer, initially in medieval Europe The term originally described any type of entertainer such as a musician, juggler, acrobat, singer or fool; later, from the sixteenth century, it came to mean a specialist entertainer who sang songs and played musical instruments [1][2]
Minstrel | Definition, History, Facts | Britannica Minstrel, between the 12th and 17th centuries, a professional entertainer of any kind, including jugglers, acrobats, and storytellers; more specifically, a secular musician, usually an instrumentalist
MINSTREL Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of MINSTREL is one of a class of medieval musical entertainers; especially : a singer of verses to the accompaniment of a harp How to use minstrel in a sentence
The Minstrel: Musician of the Middle Ages – Medieval History In medieval times, a minstrel was a versatile performer who entertained audiences with music, storytelling, and poetry They were often considered to be an itinerant class of entertainers, traveling from town to town to perform for a living
MINSTREL Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Minstrel definition: a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour
Minstrel - definition of minstrel by The Free Dictionary min•strel (ˈmɪn strəl) n 1 a medieval poet, singer, and musician, who was either an itinerant or a member of a noble household 2 a musician, singer, or poet 3 a performer in a minstrel show
Minstrel - Etymology, Origin Meaning - Etymonline "wandering minstrel of medieval times," 1779, a revival in a technical sense (by modern historians and novelists) of Norman-French jongleur, a variant of Old French jogleor "minstrel, itinerant player; joker, juggler, clown" (12c ), from Latin ioculator "jester, joker" (see juggler)
minstrel - Wiktionary, the free dictionary minstrel (plural minstrels) (also attributively) (historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc ; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment synonyms quotations
Minstrel: Overview - Ballad of America Minstrel shows were America’s most popular form of live entertainment from the 1840s into the 1870s, and they enjoyed continued success well beyond that Minstrelsy was the first uniquely American theatrical form and one of the building blocks on which American music and entertainment is based