NOUN | person | minstrel, folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour | a singer of folk songs |
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person | minstrel | a performer in a minstrel show | |
VERB | creation | minstrel | celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels |
Sounds | mih'nstrahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A singer of folk songs. | |
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Synonyms | folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour | |
Instances | Guthrie, Woody Guthrie, Woodrow Wilson Guthrie | United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967) |
Seeger, Pete Seeger, Peter Seeger | United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919) | |
Broader | singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser | A person who sings |
Spanish | cantante folclórico, cantante poeta, juglar, trobador, trovadora, trovador | |
Catalan | joglar, trobadora, trobador | |
Verbs | minstrel | celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels |
Meaning | A performer in a minstrel show. | |
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Member of | minstrel show | A troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes |
Narrower | end man, corner man | A man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show |
interlocutor, middleman | The performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk | |
Broader | performer, performing artist | An entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience |
Spanish | trobador | |
Verbs | minstrel | celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels |
Meaning | celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | Sam and Sue minstrel | |
Category | music | musical activity (singing / singing / singing or whistling etc.) |
Broader | sing | produce tones with the voice |
Nouns | minstrel | a singer of folk songs |
minstrel | a performer in a minstrel show |
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