minnesinger

See also: Minnesinger

English

Etymology

German Minnesinger, from Minne (“courtly love”) + Singer (“singer”).

Noun

minnesinger (plural minnesingers)

  1. (historical) In 12th- to 14th-century Germany, a peripatetic musician, often performing songs of courtly love.
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