名詞 minstrel:

1. a singer of folk songs
   同義詞：folk singer, jongleur, poet-singer, troubadour
2. a performer in a minstrel show

動詞 minstrel:

1. celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels

1. Flat clappers made of bone or wood originally used by the end man in a minstrel show.
   打拍者巡游演出中站在一端敲擊骨制或木制響板的人
2. The end man in a minstrel show.
   壓軸巡游演出中的最后藝人
3. The minstrel has been to many places before he came here.
   在來到這里之前，這個吟游詩人已經(jīng)去過很多地方。
4. The minstrel travelled about the country singing songs and poems written by him.
   這名吟游詩人在全國游歷，吟唱他自己寫的詩歌。

min.strel

n.（名詞）
A medieval entertainer who traveled from place to place, especially to sing and recite poetry.
吟游詩人：游歷各地的中世紀表演者，尤指歌唱或背詠詩歌的演員

A lyric poet.
抒情詩人
A musician.
音樂家

One of a troupe of entertainers made up in blackface and presenting a comic variety show.
說唱演員：由白人扮黑人并演出滑稽說唱戲的巡回演出團演員
A performance of such a show.
滑稽說唱表演

來源：
Middle English minstral
中古英語 minstral
from Old French menestrel [servant, entertainer]
源自 古法語 menestrel [仆人，演員]
from Late Latin ministeri3lis [official in the imperial household]
源自 后期拉丁語 ministeri3lis [在皇室中的官員]
from Latin ministerium [ministry] * see ministry
源自 拉丁語 ministerium [牧師職務] *參見 ministry