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Definition of Minstrelsy
1. Noun. A troupe of minstrels.
2. Noun. Ballads sung by minstrels.
3. Noun. The art of a minstrel.
Definition of Minstrelsy
1. n. The arts and occupation of minstrels; the singing and playing of a minstrel.
Definition of Minstrelsy
1. Noun. The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel. ¹
2. Noun. A group of minstrels. ¹
3. Noun. Any similar modern group performing song and verse. ¹
4. Noun. A collection of minstrel ballads. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Minstrelsy
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Minstrelsy
Literary usage of Minstrelsy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature by Margaret Ball (1907)
"We think of the Border minstrelsy as the first work which resulted from the ...
We learn from the introduction to the third part of the minstrelsy that some ..."
2. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1895)
"CHAPTER XI THE DECAY OF ENGLISH minstrelsy STRICTLY speaking, a history which is
mainly intended to trace the development of literary and dramatic poetry in ..."
3. Scottish Vernacular Literature: A Succinct History by Thomas Finlayson Henderson (1910)
"... II minstrelsy AND ROMANCE EARLY FRAGMENTS OF PATRIOTIC minstrelsy—'THOMAS OF
... THAT minstrelsy was in high repute in the ..."
4. A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John by Charles Dexter Cleveland (1862)
"There are different opinions as to its origin, which the reader may see stated
in Sir Walter Scott's "minstrelsy of the Scottish Border. ..."
5. Publications by Folklore Society (Great Britain) (1902)
"... minstrelsy of the Scottish Border reviewed, 433-5 , Yorkshire, 95 Folktales: (see
also under various types, such as Bertha type of folktales) ..."
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