Meistersinger Definition

mīstər-sĭngər, -zĭng-
meistersingers
noun
A member of any of several guilds, mainly of workingmen, organized in German cities in the 14th-16th cent. for cultivating music and poetry.
Webster's New World

Alternative form of mastersinger.

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Other Word Forms of Meistersinger

Noun

Singular:
Meistersinger
Plural:
meistersingers

Origin of Meistersinger

  • German from Middle High German meister master (from Old High German meistar) (from Latin magister master) singer singer (from singen to sing) (from Old High German singan sengwh- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • See mastersinger.

    From Wiktionary

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