MINSTRELSY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minstrelsy mean? 

• MINSTRELSY (noun)
  The noun MINSTRELSY has 3 senses:

1. a troupe of minstrels

2. ballads sung by minstrels

3. the art of a minstrel

  Familiarity information: MINSTRELSY used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINSTRELSY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A troupe of minstrels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("minstrelsy" is a kind of...):

company; troupe (organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ballads sung by minstrels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("minstrelsy" is a kind of...):

ballad; lay (a narrative song with a recurrent refrain)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The art of a minstrel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("minstrelsy" is a kind of...):

art; artistry; prowess (a superior skill that you can learn by study and practice and observation)

 Context examples 

Then their talk turned to minstrelsy, and the stranger knight drew forth a cittern, upon which he played the minne-lieder of the north, singing the while in a high cracked voice of Hildebrand and Brunhild and Siegfried, and all the strength and beauty of the land of Almain.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)