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Meistersinger Definition

Meister·singer (mīs′tər siŋ′ər, -ziŋ′ər)

noun pl. -·sing′er

a member of any of several guilds, mainly of workingmen, organized in German cities in the 14th-16th cent. for cultivating music and poetry

Etymology: Ger, lit., master singer

Meistersinger Quotes

Our Meistersinger, thou set breath in steel; And it was thou who on the boldest heel Stood up and flung the span on even wing Of that great Bridge, our Myth, whereof I sing.

—Crane, (Harold) Hart

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