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Troubadour vs Minstrel - What's the difference?

troubadour | minstrel |

Minstrel is a synonym of troubadour.



As nouns the difference between troubadour and minstrel

is that troubadour is an itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel while minstrel is a medieval traveling entertainer who would sing and recite poetry, often to his own musical accompaniment.

troubadour

English

(wikipedia troubadour)

Noun

(en noun)
  • An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel.
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    • minstrel

    English

    (wikipedia minstrel)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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.

    • Quotations

    * 1885 — *: A wandering minstrel I — *: A thing of shreds and patches, *: Of ballads, songs and snatches,

    Synonyms

    * (traveling musical entertainer) bard, folk singer, troubadour

    See also

    * vaudeville