MINSTREL
\mˈɪnstɹə͡l], \mˈɪnstɹəl], \m_ˈɪ_n_s_t_ɹ_əl]\
Definitions of MINSTREL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a singer of folk songs
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celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
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a performer in a minstrel show
By Princeton University
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a singer of folk songs
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celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
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a performer in a minstrel show
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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Originally, in the Middle Ages, a musical entertainer; a poet; now, one of a company of performers who black their faces, and sing negro songs, crack jokes, etc.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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One who ministered to the amusement of the rich by music or jesting: one of an order of men who sang to the harp verses composed by themselves or others: a musician.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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