n.
Pronunciation: ' m ī s-t ə r- ˌ si ŋ - ə r, - ˌ zi ŋ -
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Meistersinger or Meistersingers
Etymology: German, from Middle High German, from meister master + singer singer
Date: 1844
: a member of any of various German guilds formed chiefly in the 15th and 16th centuries by workingmen and craftsmen for the cultivation of poetry and music