See Also: master switch(dictionary)
Switch(dictionary)
Switch(medicine)
q-switch(medicine)
switch(2)(dictionary)
switch(1)(dictionary)
Bait and Switch(money)
toggle switch(dictionary)
switch region(medicine)
Switch order(money)

minstrel (iou) and master switch (oh)


minstrel (iou)



minstrel noun. ME.

A servant with a special function. rare. Only in ME.
Orig., a person employed by a patron to entertain with singing, story-telling, buffoonery, etc.; a jester. Now (Hist.), a medieval singer or musician, esp. one singing or reciting heroic or lyric poetry and providing musical accompaniment. ME.
transf. Any musician, singer, or poet. poet. & rhet. E18.
Hist. A member of a band of entertainers with blacked faces, performing songs and Music ostensibly of black origin. Usu. in pl. M19.
blackface minstrel, Negro minstrel.
minstrelship noun minstrelsy, the performance of Music L15-E19.

master switch (oh)



n [C]
the switch that controls the supply of electricity to the whole of a building or area