different between minstrel vs minstrelsy

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

Etymology

From Middle English minstralcie, from 13th century Anglo-Norman menestralsie, menestralcie, from Old French menestrel (“minstrel”), itself from Medieval Latin ministralis (“servant, jester, singer”), from Late Latin ministerialis (“imperial household officer, one having an official duty”), from the adjective ministerialis (“ministerial, servants”), from Latin ministerium (“service”).

Noun

minstrelsy (countable and uncountable, plural minstrelsies)

1. The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel.
2. A group of minstrels.
3. Any similar modern group performing song and verse.
4. A collection of minstrel ballads.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:minstrelsy.

Translations

See also

• minstrelry