Minstrel
Minstrel , noun
[Old English minstrel, menestral, Old French menestrel, from Late Latin ministerialis servant, workman (compare ministrellus harpist), from Latin ministerium service. See Ministry, and compare Ministerial.]
In the Middle Ages, one of an order of men who subsisted by the arts of poetry and music, and sang verses to the accompaniment of a harp or other instrument; in modern times, a poet; a bard; a singer and harper; a musician. — Chaucer