minstrelsy
11minstrelsy — min·strel·sy || mɪnstrÉ™lsɪ n. group of traveling singers (Medieval); poesy, singing, playing of instruments; group of singers who often perform in black face …
12minstrelsy — noun the practice of performing as a minstrel …
13minstrelsy — n. Music, melody, harmony, song …
14minstrelsy — n song, ballad, recitative, lyric poem, poem, epic poem, rhapsody …
15minstrelsy — min·strel·sy …
16minstrelsy — min•strel•sy [[t]ˈmɪn strəl si[/t]] n. pl. sies 1) mad the art or practice of a minstrel 2) mad minstrels songs, ballads, etc 3) sbz a troupe of minstrels • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME minstralcie (< AF menestralsie) < AL ministralcia …
17minstrelsy — n. (pl. ies) 1 the minstrel s art. 2 a body of minstrels. 3 minstrel poetry. Etymology: ME f. OF menestralsie (as MINSTREL) …
18Stump speech (minstrelsy) — The stump speech was a comic monologue from blackface minstrelsy. A typical stump speech consisted of malapropisms, nonsense sentences, and puns delivered in a parodied version of Black Vernacular English. The stump speaker wore blackface makeup… …
19The Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border — (1802–1803) is a collection of Border ballads compiled by Walter Scott. It is not to be confused with his long poem, The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Volume I [1] and Volume II [2] are available as e text. The three volumes include such well known… …
20Minstrel show — For the album by Little Brother, see The Minstrel Show. Detail from cover of The Celebrated Negro Melodies, as Sung by the Virginia Minstrels, 1843 The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American entertainment consisting of comic skits, variety …
