minstrel show

Noun
  1. A troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes (synset 108206301)
    is a type of: company, troupe - organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
    member holonym:
    • 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
    • minstrel - a performer in a minstrel show
  2. A variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface (synset 107032857)
    is a type of: variety, variety show - a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances

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