English dictionary

minstrel

/'m/I/nstr/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a singer of folk songs

noun.person

Synonyms folk singer jongleur poet-singer troubadour

Source: WordNet 3.0
a performer in a minstrel show

noun.person

Source: WordNet 3.0
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.

noun

Source: webster1913

celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels

verb.creation

Source: WordNet 3.0