First Known Use: 14th century
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minstrelsy
noun min·strel·sy \-sē\
Definition of MINSTRELSY
1
: the singing and playing of a minstrel
2
: a body of minstrels
3
: a group of songs or verse
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Origin of MINSTRELSY
Middle English minstralcie, from Anglo-French menestralsie, from menestral
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