MINSTREL SHOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minstrel show mean? 

• MINSTREL SHOW (noun)
  The noun MINSTREL SHOW has 2 senses:

1. a troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes

2. a variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface

  Familiarity information: MINSTREL SHOW used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINSTREL SHOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A troupe of performers in blackface typically giving a comic program of negro songs and jokes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("minstrel show" is a kind of...):

company; troupe (organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical))

Meronyms (members of "minstrel show"):

corner man; end man (a man at one end of line of performers in a minstrel show; carries on humorous dialogue with the interlocutor)

interlocutor; middleman (the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk)

minstrel (a performer in a minstrel show)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A variety show in which the performers are made up in blackface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("minstrel show" is a kind of...):

variety; variety show (a show consisting of a series of short unrelated performances)