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minstrelries

minstrelries is the plural of minstrelry.

Meaning of minstrelry

Noun

minstrelry (plural minstrelries)

  1. The art of minstrels.
    Synonyms:
    minstrelsy
  2. A simplified depiction of another culture, especially black African, for entertainment purposes, generally seen as offensive.
    • Possibly it was a tune of West African origin or, equally likely, a piece of mock-Ethiopian minstrelry composed by a white American.1998, Neil Parsons, King Khama, Emperor Joe, and the Great White Queen: Victorian Britain Through African Eyes, page 162

Questions about minstrelries

What is minstrelries the plural of?
Minstrelries is the plural of minstrelry.

Words near minstrelries in the dictionary

  1. minstreling
  2. minstrelings
  3. minstrelled
  4. minstrelling
  5. minstrellings
  6. minstrelries
  7. minstrelry
  8. minstrels
  9. minstrels' galleries
  10. minstrels' gallery
  11. minstrelship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minstrelries (page history and authors); minstrelry (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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