a blackface minstrel.
| 单词 | θ233658 |
| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > variety, etc. > performers in variety, etc. > [noun] > black minstrel (13) Ethiopian serenader1843 a blackface minstrel. minstrel1843 Originally U.S. A member of a band of entertainers, typically white performers with blackened faces, performing songs and music associated with… Ethiopian1844 A blackface minstrel; = Ethiopian serenader n. at compounds 1. Now historical. nigger minstrel1844 = blackface minstrel at minstrel, n. 3a. Christy's Minstrels1847 (originally) (the name of) a troupe of blackface minstrels formed by Edwin P. Christy in 1843; (later, in extended use) any similar blackface… Negro minstrel1853 = minstrel, n. 3a; see nigger minstrel n. at nigger, n. adj.compounds 4. burnt-cork artist1880 cork that has been burnt so that it can be used for blackening the face, hands, etc.; frequently attributive, as burnt-cork artist, a performer in… Subcategories:— performing specific part (6) |
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