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Definition of Gleeman
1. n. A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.
Definition of Gleeman
1. Noun. (historical) A professional singer, bard, or other entertainer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gleeman
1. a minstrel [n GLEEMEN] - See also: minstrel
Medical Definition of Gleeman
1. Origin: Glee + man; AS. Gleoman. A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gleeman
Literary usage of Gleeman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Conquest of England by John Richard Green (1884)
"The visits of the gleeman and the juggler, or " tumbler," were welcome breaks
... It is hard not to look kindly at the gleeman, for he no doubt did much to ..."
2. A First Book in Old English: Grammar, Reader, Notes and Vocabulary by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1894)
"THE SONG OF THE gleeman. (Beowulf 89-100.) [Hrothgar, King of the Danes, builds
a spacious hall for the assembly of his retainers. There, from time to time, ..."
3. The Celtic Twilight by William Butler Yeats (1902)
"... Martin from Meath, M'Bride from heaven knows where, and that M'Grane, who in
after days, when the true Moran was no more, strutted in gleeman. ..."
4. Select Translations from Old English Poetry by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Chauncey Brewster Tinker (1902)
"THE SONG OF THE gleeman IN HEOROT There was heard the sound of the harp, the
clear song of the gleeman. He spoke, who could recount 90 from of old the ..."
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