Значення

значень: 4
  1. (також, атрибутивне, історичне)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.

    Minnesänger, Spielmann, Troubadour

    менестре́льmenestrélʹ

    менестре́льmenestrélʹ

  2. (також, атрибутивне, ширше, поетичне)Any lyric poet, musician, or singer.

    a singer of folk songs

  3. (США, також, атрибутивне, ширше, історичне)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).

  4. (також, атрибутивне, ширше, сленг)An amphetamine tablet, typically black, or black and white, in colour.

Приклади

речень: 1
  1. The minstrels dress up in face paint and colorful satin costumes with fancy hats and parasols.

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medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment:
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medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment:
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medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment:

Походження

The noun is derived from Middle English minstral, menestrel (“actor; juggler; mime; musici

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.

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Форми

множина: minstrels
Однинаminstrel
Множинаminstrels

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Синоніми

синонімів: 5
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Спільнокореневі

пов’язаних слів: 10

Дивіться також

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