[noun] [C] - (between the 11th and 15th centuries) a travelling musician and singera wandering minstrel(US) Minstrel is also used as a word for a singer.A minstrel show was, in the past, a type of show in which white performers made themselves look like black people.
MINSTREL
Meaning of MINSTREL in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012