Usually means: Theatrical racism featuring blackface performances.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word minstrel show:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. minstrel show: Merriam-Webster
  2. minstrel show: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. minstrel show: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. minstrel show: Collins English Dictionary
  5. minstrel show: Vocabulary.com
  6. minstrel show: Wiktionary
  7. minstrel show: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. minstrel show: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. minstrel show: Dictionary.com
  10. Minstrel Show, Minstrel show, The Minstrel Show (film), The Minstrel Show: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. minstrel show: Rhymezone
  12. minstrel show: FreeDictionary.org
  13. minstrel show: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. minstrel show: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. minstrel show: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. minstrel show: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (minstrel show)

noun:  (theater) A variety show performed by minstrels, primarily white people in blackface.

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