Definition of merryman in English:
merryman
nounPlural merrymenˈmɛrɪmən
archaic A jester.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is now not a sign of merriment from the Land's End to John o' Groats; nor a merryman to be found, but in some miserable pretence at Bartholomew Fair.
- he Doctor was accompanied by a merryman with an infinite fund of humour.
- This prologue involves a manager, merryman, and poet.
- In Dickon's eyes, the outlaw is hardly the laughing, jesting merry man found in Pyle's version.
- In front of the cart walks a merryman, holding a long skewer in either hand, with bits of bread on one skewer and fragments of cooked meat on the other.
Synonyms
fool, court fool, court jester