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Meanings of minstrels in English
Medieval profession; type of musician, singer in medieval Europe.
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Usage of minstrels in English
1
Korin held court in his great hall, surrounded by jugglers and minstrels.
2
The stage in Jeffries' Hall was too small to accommodate the minstrels.
3
The Norman minstrels, then, took English tales and made them into romances.
4
These were gradually fused into long epic poems by the wandering minstrels.
5
A few moments later, three or four of the minstrels were arrested.
6
Robert was lounging among minstrels, dancers, and gamesters, in France or Germany.
7
Well Alfred, we hear a great deal about the old black-face minstrels.
8
A wealthy borough would have a chaplain and two or three minstrels.
9
Up in the minstrels' gallery a harpist played, softly, old Spanish airs.
10
Two minstrels, Werbel and Swemmel, were sent with the most cordial invitation.
11
He waited as minstrels sang while the dessert pastries were passed around.
12
It was a mighty kingdom, filled with life, riches, poverty and minstrels.
13
One department of Wolsey's household may not have passed unheeded-namely ,theminstrels.
14
What else would he be using, and himself the descendant of minstrels?
15
Surely your mother taught you that minstrels are never to be trusted?
16
He was worse than the minstrels, worse than the clown in the circus.
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Translations for minstrels
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Minstrels through the time
Minstrels across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common