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minstrel
(encz) | minstrel,minstrel n: Zdeněk Brož |
minstrel
(encz) | minstrel,zpěvák lidových písní Zdeněk Brož |
minstrel
(czen) | minstrel,minstreln: Zdeněk Brož |
Minstrel
(gcide) | 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.
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minstrel
(wn) | minstrel
n 1: a singer of folk songs [syn: folk singer, jongleur,
minstrel, poet-singer, troubadour]
2: a performer in a minstrel show
v 1: celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels |
minstrel
(devil) | 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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minstrel show
(encz) | minstrel show, |
minstrels
(encz) | minstrels,zpěváci lidových písní Zdeněk Brož |
minstrelsy
(encz) | minstrelsy,menstrelská poezie Zdeněk Brož |
Minstrel
(gcide) | 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.
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Minstrelsy
(gcide) | Minstrelsy \Min"strel*sy\, n.
1. The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and
playing of a minstrel.
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2. Musical instruments. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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3. A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a
collective body of minstrels' songs. --Chaucer. "The
minstrelsy of heaven." --Milton.
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minstrel show
(wn) | minstrel show
n 1: a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a
comic program of negro songs and jokes
2: a variety show in which the performers are made up in
blackface |
minstrelsy
(wn) | minstrelsy
n 1: a troupe of minstrels
2: ballads sung by minstrels
3: the art of a minstrel |
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