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minstrel
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plural minstrels
plural minstrels
Learner's definition of MINSTREL
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1
: a musical entertainer in the Middle Ages（中世纪的）吟游艺人
- a wandering minstrel四处流浪的吟游艺人
2
US : a member of a group of entertainers who performed black American songs and jokes usually with blackened faces（由白人扮演黑人的）黑脸演出团成员
- a minstrel show黑脸演出团的演出
◊ Minstrel shows were popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries.黑脸演出团的演出流行于19世纪和20世纪初期。
minstrel
noun
min·strel ˈmin(t)-strəl 
plural minstrels
3
a
: a member of a type of performance troupe caricaturing Black performers that originated in the U.S. in the early 19th century
Note: The acts of minstrels, who typically performed in blackface, featured exaggerated and inaccurate representations of Black people in songs, dances, and comic dialogue. The popularity of minstrel shows in their heyday played a significant role in promoting negative racial stereotypes. Professional minstrel shows had fallen out of favor and effectively disappeared by the mid-20th century.
b
: a performance by a troupe of minstrels : a minstrel show
Example Sentences
Edna St. Vincent Millay was unofficially the minstrel of Maine, as her poetry celebrates its coast and countryside.
Recent Examples on the Web Batiste is not a reprobate minstrel like late-night regular Lil Nas X; yet the weakness of both is held in equivalent esteem by the cultural mainstream. 
Armond White, National Review, 6 Apr. 2022 The first minstrel shows mimicked enslaved Africans on Southern plantations, depicting Black people as lazy, ignorant, cowardly or hypersexual, according to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021 Later, Texas Cowboys minstrel shows, first held in Hogg Auditorium in 1940 and later in Gregory Gym, featured renditions of the song in blackface. Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2021 Gilbert showed solid comic timing both vocally and physically as not-dead Fred, a very literal minstrel and a delicate prince. Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Dec. 2020 Quaker Oats retired Aunt Jemima, allowing her real-life forebearer, Nancy Green, to step out of the shadows of a minstrel past. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020 Also shining in multiple roles: Scott Gilbert, who shows solid comic timing both vocally and physically as not-dead Fred, a very literal minstrel and a delicate prince. Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Sep. 2020 Back in June, Quaker Oats came under fire for their Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix, which features a Black woman originally dressed as a minstrel character. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2020 The 130-year-old brand features a Black woman who was originally dressed as a minstrel character. NBC News, 18 June 2020 See More
Armond White, National Review, 6 Apr. 2022 The first minstrel shows mimicked enslaved Africans on Southern plantations, depicting Black people as lazy, ignorant, cowardly or hypersexual, according to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture. Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 3 Nov. 2021 Later, Texas Cowboys minstrel shows, first held in Hogg Auditorium in 1940 and later in Gregory Gym, featured renditions of the song in blackface. Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2021 Gilbert showed solid comic timing both vocally and physically as not-dead Fred, a very literal minstrel and a delicate prince. Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 23 Dec. 2020 Quaker Oats retired Aunt Jemima, allowing her real-life forebearer, Nancy Green, to step out of the shadows of a minstrel past. Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2020 Also shining in multiple roles: Scott Gilbert, who shows solid comic timing both vocally and physically as not-dead Fred, a very literal minstrel and a delicate prince. Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 19 Sep. 2020 Back in June, Quaker Oats came under fire for their Aunt Jemima brand of syrup and pancake mix, which features a Black woman originally dressed as a minstrel character. Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 1 Sep. 2020 The 130-year-old brand features a Black woman who was originally dressed as a minstrel character. NBC News, 18 June 2020 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English menestral, menstral, mynstral, borrowed from Anglo-French menestral, menestrel "servant, attendant, official, workman, musical entertainer," borrowed from Medieval Latin ministeriālis "servant, functionary in a lord's household, official," going back to Late Latin, "imperial official," noun derivative of ministeriālis "serving, performing a duty" — more at ministerial
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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