Definition of Minstril
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A medieval traveling entertainer who would sing and recite poetry, often to his own musical accompaniment
- One of a troupe of entertainers who wore black makeup to present a variety show of song, dance and banjo music; now considered racist
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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