"minstrel show" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: minstrel shows [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} minstrel show (plural minstrel shows)
  1. (theater) A variety show performed by minstrels, primarily white people in blackface. Wikipedia link: minstrel show Categories (topical): Theater Translations (A variety show performed by white people in blackface): minstrel show (Asturian), minstrel show (Catalan), minstrel show (Czech), negerzanger (Dutch), minstrel show (Dutch), minstrelite etendused (Estonian), minstrel show (French), Minstrel Show (German), Minstrel-Show (German), מופע מינסטרל (Hebrew), minstrel show (Italian), ミンストレル・ショー (Japanese), 민스트럴 쇼 (minseuteureol syo) (Korean), pertunjukan minstrel (Malay), minstrel show (Polish), minstrel show (Portuguese), менестрель-шоу (menestrelʹ-šou) (Russian), minstrel (Spanish), minstrel show (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-minstrel_show-en-noun-giNSoNem Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for minstrel show meaning in English (4.5kB)

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          "text": "After the barbecue Roosevelt was to attend a minstrel show staged by the polio patients at the Playhouse. Hazel Stephens, a physical therapist and the recreational director, coordinated the production. Betty Brown, also a therapist who helped with the patients, assisted her. The curtain was set to go up at 5:30 P.M.[…]\nGraham Jackson, a black recruiting officer in the Coast Guard at Macon, Georgia, was Roosevelt's favorite musician. He had performed for him on numerous occasions and was scheduled to do so again at the minstrel show. He was equally talented playing the accordion or the piano. A moving photograph of a tearful Jackson with his accordion at the Warm Springs ceremonies was circulated worldwide.",
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