MINSTRELS
\mˈɪnstɹə͡lz], \mˈɪnstɹəlz], \m_ˈɪ_n_s_t_ɹ_əl_z]\
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[Fr.] In the Middle Ages, an order of men who seem to have been the successors to the Minnesingers, scalds, and bards. But they soon degenerated. The chanter of the gests [L.], or acts of kings, became a gesticulator or jester; the jongleur of Provence [L.] sank into the juggler or jockie. See Gleemen; Scald.
By Henry Percy Smith
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Snake's-head
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