Clown vs Minstrel - What's the difference?
clown | minstrel |
A performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig and who performs slapstick.
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
(UK) A stupid person.
(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
* Cowper
(historical) A medieval traveling entertainer who would sing and recite poetry, often to his own musical accompaniment.
One of a troupe of entertainers who wore black makeup (blackface) to present a variety show of song, dance and banjo music; now considered racist.
As nouns the difference between clown and minstrel
is that clown is clown while minstrel is (historical) a medieval traveling entertainer who would sing and recite poetry, often to his own musical accompaniment.clown
English
Noun
(wikipedia clown) (en noun)- (Sir Philip Sidney)
- The clown , the child of nature, without guile.