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Noun: minstrel  min-strul
  1. A singer of folk songs
    - folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour
     
  2. A performer in a minstrel show
Verb: minstrel (minstrelled,minstrelling, or [US] minstreled,minstreling)  min-strul
  1. Celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels

Derived forms: minstrels, minstrelling, minstreled, minstreling, minstrelled

Type of: performer, performing artist, sing, singer, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer

Part of: minstrel show

Encyclopedia: Minstrel