gleeman

Example Sentences

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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

No longer does the gleeman strike the harp and fill the hall with music.

From Northland Heroes by Holbrook, Florence

The reader need hardly be reminded that the minstrel of the middle ages was commonly jester, gleeman and story-teller all in one and in these several capacities was allowed the utmost license of speech.

From The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio by Payne, John

So, to Egwina’s relief, the harp was interred with the gleeman.

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

It hath been proved by witnesses, both unbought and unlying, that thou didst take from the manor of Oswald the thegn the harp of Edwy the gleeman.

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