MINSTREL, MINSTREL SHOW
NOUNS
► ETHIOPIAN OPERA a minstrel show → E20 US sl.
► GIG SHOW ► JIG SHOW a coloured minstrel show → 1926 Amer. dial., usually offensive
NOUNS – PERSON
► BARD a strolling musician or minstrel → 1449 Sc.
► BEIRD a bard, a minstrel → 1825 Sc.
► BURNT-CORK ARTIST a performer in a blackface minstrel show → c1800
► ETHIOPIAN SERENADER a Black minstrel → E20 US sl.
► GLEEMAN a professional entertainer at social gatherings; especially, a singer, musician, or minstrel → c897 obs.
► JOCKEY a strolling minstrel or beggar→ L17 Sc. obs. exc. hist.
► JOCULAR a professional jester or minstrel → LME obs.
► JOCULATOR a professional jester or minstrel → LME obs. exc. hist.
► MUSICAL MOKE a Black minstrel who plays a number of different instruments in succession → 1895 Amer. sl.
► TAMBO the tambourine-player in a Black minstrel troupe → 1884
► VERGER a minstrel appointed to the position of director of his troupe → 1469
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