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1. (n.) minstrel
a medieval poet, singer, and musician, who was either an itinerant or a member of a noble household.
2. minstrel
a musician, singer, or poet.
3. minstrel
a performer in a minstrel show.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME ministrel < OF < LL ministeriālis servant (n. use of adj.))
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) folk singer, jongleur, minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour
a singer of folk songs
2. (verb) minstrel
a performer in a minstrel show
3. (verb) minstrel
celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) minstrel
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
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Sense: a musician who went about the country in medieval times, reciting or singing poems.
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 Afrikaans: minnesanger |
 Arabic: مُغَنٍّ مُتَجَوِّل في الع |
 Bulgarian: менестрел (музикант) |
 Brazilian: trovador |
 Czech: minstrel |
 German: der Minnesänger |
 Danish: troubadur |
 Greek: τροβαδούρος |
 Spanish: trovador, juglar |
 Estonian: menestrel |
 Farsi: نقال |
 Finnish: minstreli |
 French: ménestrel |
 Hebrew: זַמָר נוֹדֵד |
 Hindi: आश्रम बड़ा चर्च |
 Croatian: pjesnik-putnik |
 Hungarian: vándorénekes |
 Indonesian: pengamen |
 Icelandic: farandsöngvari |
 Italian: menestrello |
 Japanese: 吟遊詩人 |
 Korean: (중세의) 음유 시인; 시인, 음악가 |
 Lithuanian: menestrelis |
 Latvian: menestrels |
 Malay: penyanyi kembara |
 Dutch: minstreel |
 Norwegian: trubadur, gjøgler, musika |
 Polish: bard |
 Persian: شاعر يا موسيقى نواز در قر |
 Pashto: د وسطى پيړيو شاعر يا موسي |
 Portuguese: trovador |
 Romanian: menestrel |
 Russian: менестрель |
 Slovak: minstrel |
 Slovenian: potujoči pevec |
 Serbian: putujući pevač |
 Swedish: trubadur, bard |
 Thai: นักดนตรีในสมัยกลาง |
 Turkish: gezici halk ozanı, saz şa |
 Taiwanese: (中世紀的)吟遊詩人 |
 Ukrainian: поет-менестрель |
 Urdu: وسطی دور کا موسیقار جو مل |
 Vietnamese: người hát rong |
 Chinese: 中世纪的吟游诗人（或歌手） |
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