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MINSTREL SHOW
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
