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Minstrel
ˈmɪn(t)str(ə)l
Minstrel definitions
noun
minstrel
minstrels
- a medieval singer or musician, especially one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility
"they listened to the minstrels singing songs of knightly prowess"
- a member of a band of entertainers, typically white actors with blackened faces, who performed in a type of stage entertainment prevalent in the US in the 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring songs, dances, and formulaic comic routines based on stereotyped depictions of African Americans
"the exaggerated dialect of blackface minstrels"