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minstrel |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Minstrel \Min"strel\, n. [OE. minstrel, menestral, OF menestrel fr LL ministerialis servant, workman (cf. ministrellus harpist), fr L. ministerium service. See {Ministry}, and cf {Ministerial}.] 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. --Chaucer. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: minstrel n 1: a singer of folk songs [syn: {folk singer}, {jongleur}, {poet-singer}, {troubadour}] 2: a performer in a minstrel show v : celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Minstrel (Matt. 9:23), a flute-player. Such music was a usual accompaniment of funerals. In 2 Kings 3:15 it denotes a player on a stringed instrument. From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: MINSTREL, adj Formerly a poet, singer or musician; now a nigger with a color less than skin deep and a humor more than flesh and blood can bear.
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