gleeman

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If he does as well as he used to do, Frank Moulan will get in some heavy dramatic licks as the gleeman with the croak of a frog-o.

From Time Magazine Archive

It remains yet to say of him that he was ever gay and joyous as became God's gleeman.

From A Child's Book of Saints by Robinson, T. H. (Thomas Heath)

Trouvere and wandering minstrel, gleeman and eke gleemaiden, passed from place to place and from land to land repeating, altering, adapting the old stock of heroic or lovelorn ditties, or inventing new ones.

From The Balladists Famous Scots Series by Geddie, John

The accomplishments and social position of the gleeman seem to have been as varied as those of the Proven�al “joglar.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various

In sooth, the tricks the gleeman gives are good also.”

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster