Home › Words › M › minstrelingminstreling/ˈmɪnstɹ(ə)lɪŋ/minstreling means gerund of minstrel; An act of playing a musical instrument or singing as a minstrel.minstreling is pronounced /ˈmɪnstɹ(ə)lɪŋ/.EtymologyFrom minstrel + -ing.noungerund of minstrel; An act of playing a musical instrument or singing as a minstrel.gerund of minstrel; The occupation of a minstrel.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.minstreless 71% match — A female minstrel. vs minstreling →minstrelsy 69% match — The musical and other art and craft of a minstrel. vs minstreling →minstrelship 68% match — The role or status of a minstrel. vs minstreling →minstrelesque 66% match — Characteristic of minstrel shows. vs minstreling →minstrel 60% match — Originally, an entertainer employed to juggle, play music, sing, tell stories, etc.; a buffoon, a fool, a jester; later, a medieval (especially travelling) entertainer who would recite and sing poetry, often to their own musical accompaniment. vs minstreling →minnesinger 56% match — A peripatetic musician in Germany in the 12th to the 14th centuries, often performing songs of courtly love. vs minstreling →mimester 56% match — A performer of mime. vs minstreling →gleemaiden 55% match — A female gleeman or minstrel. vs minstreling →