gleeman

plural gleemen

1. historicalA professional singer, bard, or other entertainer.

   “One truth would I set high above all others,” repeated the gleeman.

   1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 19

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   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.

   1948 (revised 1952), Robert Graves, The White Goddess, Faber & Faber 1999, p. 17

   Synonyms: songman