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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Gleemen

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Glee

man

; AS.

gleóman

A name anciently given to an itinerant minstrel or musician.

Noun.

A musician.

gleeman ‎(plural gleemen)

(historical) A professional singer, bard, or other entertainer.
- 1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 17:
  The ancient Celts carefully distinguished the poet, who was originally a priest and judge as well and whose person was sacrosanct, from the mere gleeman.