MEISTERSINGER


Meaning of MEISTERSINGER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈmīs-tər-ˌsiŋ-ər, -ˌziŋ- ]

noun

( 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.