Meistersingern.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪstəˌsɪŋə/,

/ˈmʌɪstəˌzɪŋə/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪstərˌsɪŋər/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, Meistersingers.

Forms: also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Meistersinger.

Etymology: < German Meistersinger (Middle High German meistersinger < meister master n.¹ + singer singer n.¹). Compare French Meistersinger (1786), and earlier mastersinger n.In modern German -singer is restricted to use in compounds with medieval reference, as Meistersinger , Minnesinger minnesinger n.; the usual word for ‘singer’ is Sänger (compare Meistersänger n.). The plural form Meistersinger is after the German plural form.

A member of any of the German guilds for lyric poets and musicians which flourished in the 14th to 16th centuries, known for their elaborate technique. Cf. Meistergesang n., minnesinger n. Also figurative.

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minnesinger1817

Meistersinger1818

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mastersinger1810

Meistersinger1818

Meistersänger1827

1818 W. Scott Battle of Sempach (note) , in Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 531/1 He was a citizen of Lucerne, esteemed highly among his countrymen, both for his powers as a Meister-singer or minstrel, and his courage as a soldier.

1844 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 85 The Meistersingers were a fraternity of poetical artisans, who manufactured songs by rule and measure.

1845 H. W. Longfellow Poets & Poetry of Europe (1847) 373/2 These Chambers [of Rhetoric] were to Holland, in the fifteenth century, what the Guilds of the Meistersingers were to Germany.

1875 Harper's Mag. Oct. 738/1 It was these meister-singers which made Germany a musical people, ready for Luther's hymns.

1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin iv. 56 Across the night with dismal hum The hurricanes, your meistersingers, come.

1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) VII. 912/2 The Meistersinger were either preoccupied with the observance of rules or were rarely visited with inspiration.

1968 Encycl. Brit. XV. 118/2 The Meistersinger were not popular figures, as Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger suggests; they were largely ignored by professional men.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	meistersinger
释义	Meistersingern. Brit. /ˈmʌɪstəˌsɪŋə/, /ˈmʌɪstəˌzɪŋə/, U.S. /ˈmaɪstərˌsɪŋər/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, Meistersingers. Forms: also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Meistersinger. Etymology: < German Meistersinger (Middle High German meistersinger < meister master n.¹ + singer singer n.¹). Compare French Meistersinger (1786), and earlier mastersinger n.In modern German -singer is restricted to use in compounds with medieval reference, as Meistersinger , Minnesinger minnesinger n.; the usual word for ‘singer’ is Sänger (compare Meistersänger n.). The plural form Meistersinger is after the German plural form. A member of any of the German guilds for lyric poets and musicians which flourished in the 14th to 16th centuries, known for their elaborate technique. Cf. Meistergesang n., minnesinger n. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > singer > other types of singer > [noun] > minnesinger or Meistersinger minnesinger1817 Meistersinger1818 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poet > poet by kind of poem > [noun] > lyric poet > Meistersinger mastersinger1810 Meistersinger1818 Meistersänger1827 1818 W. Scott Battle of Sempach (note) , in Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 531/1 He was a citizen of Lucerne, esteemed highly among his countrymen, both for his powers as a Meister-singer or minstrel, and his courage as a soldier. 1844 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 85 The Meistersingers were a fraternity of poetical artisans, who manufactured songs by rule and measure. 1845 H. W. Longfellow Poets & Poetry of Europe (1847) 373/2 These Chambers [of Rhetoric] were to Holland, in the fifteenth century, what the Guilds of the Meistersingers were to Germany. 1875 Harper's Mag. Oct. 738/1 It was these meister-singers which made Germany a musical people, ready for Luther's hymns. 1924 R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin iv. 56 Across the night with dismal hum The hurricanes, your meistersingers, come. 1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) VII. 912/2 The Meistersinger were either preoccupied with the observance of rules or were rarely visited with inspiration. 1968 Encycl. Brit. XV. 118/2 The Meistersinger were not popular figures, as Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger suggests; they were largely ignored by professional men. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818
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