a member of one of the various German guilds of workers or craftsmen organized to compose and perform poetry and music. These flourished in the 15th and 16th centuries
Word origin
C19: German: master singer
Meistersinger in American English
(ˈmaɪstərˌsɪŋər; ˈmaɪstərˌzɪŋər)
nounWord forms: pluralˈMeisterˌsinger
a member of any of several guilds, mainly of workingmen, organized in German cities in the 14th-16th cent. for cultivating music and poetry