minstrel[noun]Synonyms: musician, bard, singer, songstress, troubadour
Related Words: balladist,
singer,
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min‧strel /ˈmɪnstrəl/
noun [countable][
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French;
Origin: menestrel 'servant, minstrel', from Latin minister; ⇒ minister1]
1. a singer or musician in the Middle Ages
2. one of a group of white singers and dancers who pretended to be black while performing in popular shows in the 1920s
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