mastersinger

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Definition of mastersinger in English English dictionary

A German lyric poet of the late Middle Ages

One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries

{i} meistersinger, member of a German guild established to develop music and poetry during the 14th-16th centuries

They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of rhythm

Hyphenation

mas·ter·sing·er

Etymology

() German Meistersinger