different between minstrel vs golliwog

English

Etymology

Middle English menestrel, from Old French menestral (“entertainer, servant, official”) from Latin ministeri?lis (“servant”), from ministerium (“service”), from minister (“servant”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m?nst??l/

Noun

minstrel (plural minstrels)

1. (historical) A medieval traveling entertainer who would sing and recite poetry, often to his own musical accompaniment.
2. (US) One of a troupe of entertainers who wore black makeup (blackface) to present a so-called minstrel show, being a variety show of song, dance and banjo music.

Quotations

• 1885 — Gilbert & Sullivan, The Mikado

  A wandering minstrel I —

  A thing of shreds and patches,

  Of ballads, songs and snatches,

Synonyms

• (traveling musical entertainer): bard, folk singer, troubadour

Translations

See also

• vaudeville

Anagrams

• meltrins

Czech

Alternative forms

• menestrel

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?m?nstr?l]
• Hyphenation: min?s?t?rel

Noun

minstrel m anim

1. minstrel

   Synonym: žaké?

Declension

Further reading

• minstrel in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• minstrel in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Polish

Etymology

From English minstrel, from Old French menestral, from Latin ministeri?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?in.str?l/

Noun

minstrel m pers

1. (historical) minstrel (medieval traveling entertainer)

Declension

Further reading

• minstrel in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• minstrel in Polish dictionaries at PWN

English

Alternative forms

• golliwogg (original spelling, dropped within nine years of publication)

Etymology

Probably a blend of golly +? polliwog Coined for the illustrations by Florence Kate Upton for her mother Bertha Upton?s 1895 children?s book, The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls — and a ‘Golliwogg’.

Pronunciation

Noun

golliwog (plural golliwogs)

1. A rag doll or mascot in the form of a caricature of a black minstrel.
2. (dated, racist, offensive) A black person.
3. (Australia) A hairy caterpillar. [From 1920.]
4. A receiver of stolen goods. [From ca 1930.]
5. (rhyming slang as "the golliwogs") Greyhound racing: the jolly dogs.

Related terms

• wog

Translations

References

• David Pilgrim, The Golliwog Caricature, 2000 http://www.ferris.edu/htmls/news/jimcrow/golliwog/
• Bob Dixon, Racism:  All Things White and Beautiful http://www.peace-workshop.freeuk.com/AllthingsWhiteandBeautiful.htm
• The Oxford English Dictionary.
• golliwog at OneLook Dictionary Search