English Explanatory Dictionary

minnesinger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A peripatetic musician in Germany in the 12th to the 14th centuries, often performing songs of courtly love.

Word forms

minnesinger minnesingers

Etymology

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

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