Noun: minstrel  min-strul

1. A singer of folk songs
   "The minstrel strummed her guitar and sang stories of the old West";
   - folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour
    
2. A performer in a minstrel show
   "The minstrel sang traditional folk songs and told stories"

Verb: minstrel (minstrelled,minstrelling, or [US] minstreled,minstreling)  min-strul

1. (music) celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels
   "The group minstreled old folk songs"

Derived forms: minstrels, minstreled, minstreling, minstrelled, minstrelling

Type of: performer, performing artist, sing, singer, vocaliser [Brit], vocalist, vocalizer

Part of: minstrel show

Encyclopedia: Minstrel