a medieval wandering musician who performed songs or recited poetry with instrumental accompaniment. a performer in a minstrel show. archaic, or poetic any poet, musician, or singer.
The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American form of entertainment developed in the early ... Minstrelsy's reaction to Uncle Tom's Cabin is indicative of plantation content at the time. ... Minstrel music certainly contained some element of black culture, added onto a base of European tradition with distinct Irish
