Definition of Meistersinger
Meistersinger
orMeistersingers
: a member of any of various German guilds formed chiefly in the 15th and 16th centuries by workingmen and craftsmen for the cultivation of poetry and music
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Origin and Etymology of meistersinger
German, from Middle High German, from meister master + singer singer
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