Minstrel
WordNet
noun
(1) A singer of folk songs
(2) A performer in a minstrel show
verb
(3) Celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A medieval traveling entertainer who would sing and recite poetry, often to his own musical accompaniment.
- One of a troupe of entertainers who wore black makeup (blackface) to present a variety show of song, dance and banjo music; now considered racist.
Quotations
- 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado
- A wandering minstrel I —
- A thing of shreds and patches,
- Of ballads, songs and snatches,