ilex@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat is a wandering minstrel-cum-clown? Does Russia still have them?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageWhat is a wandering minstrel-cum-clown? Does Russia still have them?lemmy.worldilex@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareanimist@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year ago“cum” is Latin for “with” and is sometimes used in English to show that something is two things at once, so “minstrel-cum-clown” would be someone who is both a minstrel and a clown
“cum” is Latin for “with” and is sometimes used in English to show that something is two things at once, so “minstrel-cum-clown” would be someone who is both a minstrel and a clown