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• minstrel — n. a wandering minstrel * * * [ mɪnstrəl] a wandering minstrel …   Combinatory dictionary

• minstrel — Synonyms and related words: Broadway musical, Meistersinger, Parnassian, Singspiel, arch poet, artist, artiste, ballad maker, ballad opera, ballad singer, balladeer, balladist, balladmonger, ballet, ballet divertissement, bard, beat poet,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• minstrel — n 1. wandering minstrel, troubadour, bard, (in medieval France and Norman England) jongleur; skald, minnesinger, meistersinger or mastersing er, (in ancient Greece) rhapsodist; musician, singer, balladeer, poet; lyric poet, lyrist, poet laureate …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• minstrel — /min streuhl/, n. 1. a medieval poet and musician who sang or recited while accompanying himself on a stringed instrument, either as a member of a noble household or as an itinerant troubadour. 2. a musician, singer, or poet. 3. one of a troupe… …   Universalium

• Minstrel Stakes — Group 3 race Minstrel Stakes Location Curragh Racecourse Co. Kildare, Ireland Race type Flat / Thoroughbred Website Curragh Race information …   Wikipedia

• minstrel —    Minstrels were originally traveling professional entertainers of late medieval Europe in the tradition of the earlier SCOP or JONGLEUR.While some minstrels were clearly attached at least semipermanently to noble houses, most typically they… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

• Minstrel — For the 19th century American form of music and performance known as minstrelsy, see minstrel show. For the chocolate sweets sold in the UK, see Minstrels (chocolate). For the Irish patriotic song, see The Minstrel Boy. Jongleur redirects here.… …   Wikipedia

• minstrel — min·strel || mɪnstrÉ™l n. wandering singer, bard (Medieval); member of a group of singers who often perform in blackface …   English contemporary dictionary

• Harry The Minstrel — ▪ Scottish writer also called  Henry The Minstrel , or  Blind Harry   flourished 1470–92       author of the Scottish historical romance The Acts and Deeds of the Illustrious and Valiant Champion Sir William Wallace, Knight of Elderslie, which is …   Universalium

• Blind Harry or Henry the Minstrel — (fl. 1470 1492)    Is spoken of by John Major in his History of Scotland as a wandering minstrel, skilled in the composition of rhymes in the Scottish tongue, who fabricated a book about William Wallace, and gained his living by reciting it to… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• The Mikado — For other uses, see Mikado (disambiguation). Theatre poster for The Mikado The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu is a comic opera in two acts, with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert, their ninth of fourteen operatic… …   Wikipedia