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gleeman

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glee⋅man

  [glee-muhn]
–noun, plural -men.
(in medieval times) an itinerant singer; minstrel.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE glēoman. See glee 1 , -man
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glee·man   (glē'mən)   
n.  A medieval itinerant singer; a minstrel.

[Middle English gleman, from Old English glēoman : glēo, minstrelsy; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots + man, man; see man.]
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