minstrel

== English == === Etymology === The noun is derived from Middle English minstral, menestrel (“actor; juggler; mime; musician; singer; storyteller; (military) soldier playing a horn or trumpet as a signal”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman menestrel [and other forms] and Old French menestrel (“artisan; servant; itinerant musician or poet; worker”) [and other forms] (modern French ménestrel (“minstrel”)), from Late Latin ministerialis (“official or retainer owing household and military service to a feudal lord, a ministerial or ministerialis”), from Latin ministerium (“employment, ministration; office of a minister, ministry; action or attendance by an inferior person such as a slave, service”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives). Ministerium is derived from minister (“accomplice; agent; aide; attendant; servant; waiter”) (probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey-n- (“little, small”) + *-yōs (“-er”, comparative suffix) + *-teros (contrastive or oppositional suffix forming adjectives)) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). Doublet of ministerial and ministerialis. The verb is derived from the noun. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnstɹ(ə)l/ Hyphenation: mins‧trel === Noun === minstrel (plural minstrels) (also attributively) (historical) Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment. Synonyms: bard, jongleur, troubadour (by extension) (chiefly poetic) Any lyric poet, musician, or singer. (US, historical) One of a troupe of entertainers, often a white person who wore black makeup (blackface), to present a so-called minstrel show, being a variety show of banjo music, dance, and song (now regarded as racist). (by extension, slang) An amphetamine tablet, typically black, or black and white, in colour. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== vaudeville === Verb === minstrel (third-person singular simple present minstrels, present participle (US) minstreling or (UK) minstrelling, simple past and past participle (US) minstreled or (UK) minstrelled) (also figuratively) (transitive) To play (a tune on a musical instrument); to sing (a song). (intransitive) To act as a minstrel; to entertain by playing a musical instrument, singing, etc. ==== Derived terms ==== minstreling, minstrelling (noun) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === minstrel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia minstrel (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === meltrins == Czech == === Alternative forms === menestrel === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɪnstrɛl] Hyphenation: min‧s‧t‧rel === Noun === minstrel m anim minstrel Synonym: žakéř Angličtí minstrelové o něm začali zpívat středověké balady. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “minstrel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “minstrel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English minstrel. Ultimately from Late Latin ministrellus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmin.strɛl/ Rhymes: -instrɛl Syllabification: min‧strel === Noun === minstrel m pers (historical) minstrel (medieval traveling entertainer) W podcieniach Asyżanie przysłuchiwali się minstrelom. ― In the arcades the Assisians listened to the minstrels. ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “minstrel”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “minstrel”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)