English-Thai Dictionary

minstrel

N นักดนตรี ใน สมัยกลาง  นักร้อง ยุค กลาง  นักกวี  นักประพันธ์  musician singer poet nak-don-tre-nai-sa-mai-klang

 

minstrelsy

N การแสดง ของ  minster balladry folk music kan-sa-dang-kong

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MINSTREL

n.A singer and musical performer on instruments. Minstrels were formerly poets as well as musicians, and held in high repute by our rude ancestors. Their attendance was sought and their performances lavishly rewarded by princes. It was in the character of a minstrel that king Alfred entered the camp of the Danes his enemies, and explored their situation.

 

MINSTRELSY

n.The arts and occupations of minstrels; instrumental music. 1. A number of musicians.
The minstrelsy of heaven.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MINSTREL

Min "strel, n. Etym: [OE. minstrel, menestral, OF. menestrel, fr. LL. ministerialis servant, workman (cf. ministrellus harpist ), fr. L. ministerium service. See Ministry, and cf. Ministerial. ]

 

Defn: In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician. Chaucer.

 

MINSTRELSY

MINSTRELSY Min "strel *sy, n.

 

1. The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.

 

2. Musical instruments. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

 

3. A collective body of minstrels, or musicians; also, a collective body of minstrels' songs. Chaucer. "The minstrelsy of heaven. " Milton.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

minstrel

min strel |ˈminstrəl ˈmɪnstrəl | ▶noun a medieval singer or musician, esp. one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility. • chiefly historical a member of a band of entertainers with blackened faces who performed songs and music ostensibly of black American origin. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French menestral ‘entertainer, servant, ’ via Provençal from late Latin ministerialis ‘servant ’ (see ministerial ).

 

minstrel show

min strel show ▶noun a popular stage entertainment featuring songs, dances, and comic dialogue in highly conventionalized patterns, usually performed by white actors in blackface. It developed in the US in the early and mid 19th century.

 

minstrelsy

min strel sy |ˈminstrəlsē ˈmɪnstrəlsi | ▶noun the practice of performing as a minstrel: a long tradition of minstrelsy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French menestralsie, from menestrel (see minstrel ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

minstrel

min |strel |ˈmɪnstr (ə )l | ▶noun a medieval singer or musician, especially one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility. • chiefly historical a member of a band of entertainers with blackened faces who performed songs and music ostensibly of black American origin. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French menestral ‘entertainer, servant ’, via Provençal from late Latin ministerialis ‘servant ’ (see ministerial ).

 

minstrel show

min strel show ▶noun a popular stage entertainment featuring songs, dances, and comic dialogue in highly conventionalized patterns, usually performed by white actors in blackface. It developed in the US in the early and mid 19th century.

 

minstrelsy

min |strel ¦sy |ˈmɪnstr (ə )lsi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the activity of performing as a minstrel or the occupation of a minstrel: a long tradition of minstrelsy. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French menestralsie, from menestrel (see minstrel ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

minstrel

minstrel noun historical stories told and performed by travelling minstrels: musician, singer, balladeer, poet; historical troubadour, jongleur; literary bard.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

minstrel

minstrel noun historical musician, singer, balladeer; historical bard, troubadour, jongleur; rare joculator.

 

Duden Dictionary

Minstrel

Mins t rel , Mins trel Substantiv, maskulin , der |M i nstrel |lateinisch-französisch -englisch 1 mittelalterlicher Spielmann und Sänger in England im Dienste eines Adligen; vgl. Menestrel 2 fahrender Musiker oder Sänger im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert in den USA

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

minstrel

min strel /mɪ́nstr (ə )l /名詞 C 1 (中世の )吟遊詩人 .2 ミンストレルショーの出演者 .3 ｟古 詩 ｠詩人 ; 歌手 ; 楽人, 音楽家 .～́ sh ò w ミンストレルショー 〘白人が黒人に扮 （ふん ）し, 歌 踊り 話芸などを見せる演芸 〙.

 

minstrelsy

min strel sy /mɪ́nstr (ə )lsi /名詞 U 1 吟遊詩人の芸 .2 〖集合的に 〗吟遊詩人の一団 .