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mi-NUH-sing-ur
noun
an ancient German troubadour; a medieval poet or singer
1847The True Story of My LifeI approached that land which had been rendered sacred by Luther, by the strife of the Minnesingers on the Wartburg, and by the memory of many noble and great events.1855Westward Ho!'I am a bad sleeper,' said he; 'I spend more time, I fear, in burning the midnight oil than prudent men should. Come and be my jongleur, my minnesinger, and tell me about Andes, and cannibals, and the ice-regions, and the fire-regions, and the paradises of the West.'1890HauntingsAs to Tannhäuser, he was a real knight, and a sorry one, and a real Minnesinger not of the best.1934The Road Leads OnHolm followed as best he could and got in many a splendid howl, though as a minnesinger he held no brief for his own powers.Labels: Charles Kingsley, Hans Christian Andersen, Knut Hamsun, Vernon Lee
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