minstrel's
Medieval singer's possession
Minstrel's is the possessive form of minstrel, a medieval singer or musician who traveled from place to place performing songs and poetry, often in noble courts.
The term can refer to something belonging to or associated with such a performer: the minstrel's lute, the minstrel's tale.
In American history, minstrel also refers to performers in minstrel shows—racist 19th-century entertainment featuring white performers in blackface caricaturing Black people.
Of a verse-maker
- performer'sBelonging to stage talent
- court'sBelonging to a tribunal
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- itinerantMoving for work
ballad · lute · harp · song · tale · recitation · patronage · castle
Of the tall strings
- instrument'sOf a tool
- tune'sPossessive of song
- voice'sPossessive of speech sound
- strummingSweeping across guitar strings
Belonging to a narrative
- story'sBelonging to a narrative
- poem'sBelonging to written verse
- heroicExceptionally brave and noble
- chivalricOf knightly conduct
oral · tradition's · sung · spoken
Possessive of exhibition
- troupe'sOf a performing group
- stereotypedReduced to oversimplified traits
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
- plantation'sLarge farm's possessive
Jim Crow · burnt cork · stage's · antebellum · American · degrading · historical
bard's
Of a verse-maker
- performer'sBelonging to stage talent
- court'sBelonging to a tribunal
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
itinerant · ballad · lute · harp · song · tale · recitation · patronage · castle · feast
harp's
Of the tall strings
- instrument'sOf a tool
- tune'sPossessive of song
- voice'sPossessive of speech sound
tale's
Belonging to a narrative
chivalric · oral · tradition's · sung · spoken
show's
Possessive of exhibition
- troupe'sOf a performing group
- stereotypedReduced to oversimplified traits
- racistOne prejudiced by ethnicity
plantation's · Jim Crow · burnt cork · stage's · antebellum · American · degrading · historical
minstrel'saudience's
Of those attending
listener's · spectator's · viewer's · patron's · crowd's
minstrel'spatron's
Of a supporter
noble's · master's · king's · aristocrat's · employer's
- minstrel showRacist blackface theatrical entertainment
- wandering minstrelTraveling musical performer
- medieval minstrelsTraveling performers of yore