A minstrel is a type of performer from the Middle Ages, typically a SINGER, musician, or POET. The term can refer to a variety of different performers, including a SINGER (6 letters), BALLADEER (9 letters), gleeman (7 letters), TROUBADOUR (10 letters), BARD (4 letters), JONGLEUR (8 letters), POET (4 letters), luter (5 letters), and endman (6 letters). Minstrels were often itinerant performers who traveled from town to town, entertaining audiences with their music, stories, and poetry.