The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gleeman \Glee"man\, n.; pl. Gleemen. [Glee + man; AS. gle['o]man.] A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.
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n. (context historical English) A professional singer, bard, or other entertainer.
Usage examples of "gleeman".
The menacing black-clad rider as a gleeman was a ridiculous notion, but .
Court bard, I am now indeed risen to the exalted rank of Master Gleeman, yet my name is plain Thom Merrilin, and Gleeman is the simple title in which I glory.
Rand gave it hesitantly, not sure whether or not the man was making fun of him, but the gleeman had already turned his attention to Perrin.
A score of folk had gathered on the Green since the gleeman appeared from the inn, young men and women down to children who peeked, wide-eyed and silent, from behind the older onlookers.
He seized the rear of the litter, shouldering the gleeman out of the way.
By the time the gleeman returned, the blaze on the hearth was warming the room.
The white-haired gleeman cut off a conversation with the Mayorwho was bent over the bed again, tending Tamand gave Moiraine an uneasy look.
Rand did not care if the gleeman had spent the night hiding in the stable.
As the long-limbed gleeman scrambled down the ladder from the loft, Lan spoke, stiffly formal.
Besides, what gleeman would not face a little danger to perform in Tar Valon?
Egwene and the other Two Rivers folk stared at the sky nervously in all directions, but the gleeman groaned softly.
Before anyone could ask the gleeman for more, Lan began giving directions.
The gleeman never turned his head, reserving his eyes for where they ran, not what they ran from.
Lan would not let the gleeman play harp or fluteno need to rouse the countryside, the Warder saidbut Thom juggled and told stories.
Even the gleeman did not begin snoring till long after the last coals died.