minstrelsy

English

Etymology

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

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Translations

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See also

• minstrelry