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minstrel meaning in Malayalam

ഗായകൻ

UK/ˈmɪnstɹ(ə)l/

minstrel in Malayalam: ഗായകൻ, ഭാഗവതർ, ഭട്ടൻ, സ്തുതിപാഠകൻ. In English, minstrel means originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.

Malayalam words for minstrel

singer, musician, balladeer
ഗായകൻ, ഭാഗവതർ, ഭട്ടൻ, സ്തുതിപാഠകൻ, സ്തോതാവ്, ഗാതാവ്

English meaning of minstrel

  1. noun Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.
  2. noun Any lyric poet, musician, or singer.
  3. noun 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 regarded as racist).
  4. noun An amphetamine tablet, typically black, or black and white, in colour.

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Questions about minstrel in Malayalam

What is the meaning of minstrel in Malayalam?
Minstrel in Malayalam is ഗായകൻ, ഭാഗവതർ, ഭട്ടൻ, സ്തുതിപാഠകൻ.
minstrel എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Minstrel: ഗായകൻ, ഭാഗവതർ, ഭട്ടൻ, സ്തുതിപാഠകൻ.
What does minstrel mean in English?
Minstrel means originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment.

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Malayalam words from the E.K. Kurup corpus on Olam: minstrel (dataset and license). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: minstrel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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