Found 2 items, similar to minstrel.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: minstrel minstrel n 1: a singer of folk songs [syn: folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour] 2: a performer in a minstrel show minstrel v : celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
English → English (gcide) Definition: Minstrel 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. [1913 Webster]