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min·ne·singer (min′i siŋ′ər)

noun

any of a number of German lyric poets and singers of the 12th to the 14th cent.

Etymology: Ger, altered (< singer < singen, sing) < MHG minnesenger < minne, love < OHG minna, orig., loving recollection (for IE base see mind) + MHG senger, a singer < OHG sangari < sang, song + -ari, -er

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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