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
- 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.
- noun Any lyric poet, musician, or singer.
- 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).
- noun An amphetamine tablet, typically black, or black and white, in colour.
Synonyms of minstrel
minstrel in other languages
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.
Source and license
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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