minstrel

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Music, Performing

min·strel /ˈmɪnstrəl/ noun [countable]  1. APMa singer or musician in the Middle Ages 〔中世纪的〕吟游歌手[乐师]2. APone of a group of white singers and dancers who pretended to be black while performing in popular shows in the 1920s 〔20世纪20年代白人扮成黑人表演的〕黑脸歌舞团演员

Examples from the Corpus

minstrel• His minstrel songs led many people to insist he must be a southerner.• Others showed beaming brides and grooms, looking, thanks to the copying process, like black-faced riverboat minstrels.• You recall what that minstrel told us some weeks back, Ralf?• One of the minstrels strummed his banjo.• The minstrel stopped singing abruptly, and went outside.• The minstrels paraded out in the same boisterous way they had come in.• For ten minutes he becomes a wandering minstrel, illuminated by the bass-player following him with a torch from the stage.Origin minstrel (1200-1300) Old French menestrel “servant, minstrel”, from Latin minister; → MINISTER1

min·strel nounChineseSyllable  

Middle a the musician or Corpus in singer

minstrel
min‧strel /ˈmɪnstrəl/ noun [countable]1. a singer or musician in the Middle Ages
2. one of a group of white singers and dancers who pretended to be black while performing in popular shows in the 1920s

min·strelBrE /ˈmɪnstrəl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmɪnstrəl/ 🔊 nouna musician or singer in the Middle Ages （中世纪的）游方艺人