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minstrel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour |
| Type of | vocalizer, vocaliser, vocalist, singer |
minstrel::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | performer, performing artist |
| Has types | interlocutor, middleman, corner man, end man |
minstrel::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | sing |
Examples of minstrel
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When the minstrel denied authorship, Werlein changed the credit to W. H. Peters.
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It is believed to have begun in the mid-1800s during the rise of minstrel shows.
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He picked her up and started strumming her like a minstrel rather than a maestro.
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At an inn in Thornfalcon, he meets Rodrigo, a minstrel, and his apprentice, Jofre.
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In the 19th century, African American dance began to appear in minstrel shows.
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Minstrel Edwin P. Christy even brought the right to list himself as composer.
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They rejected the stereotypes of the blackface and minstrel show traditions.
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Minstrel troupes composed entirely by African Americans appeared in the same decade.
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The teachers'salaries were paid with proceeds from a touring minstrel show.
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- Celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
- Folk singer: a singer of folk songs
- A performer in a minstrel show
- A minstrel was a medieval European bard who performed songs whose lyrics told stories about distant places or about real or imaginary historical events. Though minstrels created their own tales, often they would memorize and embellish the works of others. ...
- The Minstrel (1974-1990) was a champion thoroughbred racehorse.
- (Minstrels (chocolate)) Minstrels are milk chocolate buttons with a hard glazed shell sold in several countries including the UK, Ireland, South Africa, Cyprus, France and Spain.
- 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 (blackface) to present a variety show of song, dance and banjo music; now considered racist
- (minstrels) (n) musicians/singers/poets who traveled around & entertained noble households
- A poet and singer who travels and entertains the aristocratic class.
