minstrel
Noun
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A singer of folk songs (synset 110118862)
specific instances:
- guthrie, woodrow wilson guthrie, woody guthrie - United States folk singer and songwriter (1912-1967)
- pete seeger, peter seeger, seeger - United States folk singer who was largely responsible for the interest in folk music in the 1960s (born in 1919)
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A performer in a minstrel show (synset 110341132)
is a type of: performer, performing artist - an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audiencesubtypes:
- corner man, end man - a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor
- interlocutor, middleman - the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk
belongs to: minstrel show - a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes
Verb
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Celebrate by singing, in the style of minstrels (synset 201734097)
referred to in: music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)is a type of: sing - produce tones with the voice
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