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min⋅strel⋅sy

  [min-struhl-see]
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–noun
1. the art or practice of a minstrel.
2. minstrels' songs, ballads, etc.: a collection of Scottish minstrelsy.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME minstralcie (< AF menestralsie) < AL ministralcia, menestralcia. See minstrel, -cy
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min·strel·sy   (mĭn'strəl-sē)   
n.   pl. min·strel·sies

  1. The art or profession of a minstrel.

  2. A troupe of minstrels.

  3. Ballads and lyrics sung by minstrels.


[Middle English minstralsie, from Anglo-Norman menestralsie, from Old French menestrel, entertainer; see minstrel.]
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