Minstrel Definition | What is Minstrel? - PoetrySoup
Definition
[n] a singer of folk songs
[n] a performer in a minstrel show
[v] celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
Itinerant medieval musician/singer/story teller/poet. See bard and jongleur.
Synonyms
folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour
See Also...
corner man, end man, Guthrie, interlocutor, middleman, minstrel show, performer, performing artist, Pete Seeger, Peter Seeger, Seeger, sing, singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie, Woody Guthrie
Related Terms
arch-poet, artist, artiste, ballad maker, ballad opera, ballad singer, balladeer, balladist, balladmonger, ballet, ballet divertissement, bard, beat poet, Broadway musical, bucoliast, chorus show, comedy ballet, comic opera, concert artist, dance drama, e
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