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▸ noun: (by extension)
▸ noun: (chiefly poetic) Any lyric poet, musician, or singer.
▸ noun: (US, historical) One of a troupe of entertainers, often a white person who wore black makeup (blackface), to present a so-called minstrel show, being a variety show of banjo music, dance, and song (now sometimes regarded as racist).
▸ noun: (by extension, slang) An amphetamine tablet, typically black, or black and white, in colour.
▸ verb: (transitive) To play (a tune on a musical instrument); to sing (a song).
▸ verb: (intransitive) To act as a minstrel; to entertain by playing a musical instrument, singing, etc.
Similar:
troubadour,
jongleur,
folk singer,
poet-singer,
fool,
minstrelship,
jester,
minstrelsy,
minstrel show,
jokester,
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