Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mastersinger"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mastersinger \Mas"ter*sing`er\, n. [A translation of G.
meisters["a]nger.]
One of a class of poets which flourished in Nuremberg and
some other cities of Germany in the 15th and 16th centuries.
They bound themselves to observe certain arbitrary laws of
rhythm.
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