Definition of "merryman" [merryman]

• A dialectal form of merman. (noun)
• A merry-andrew; a buffoon; a clown: used as an appellative or pretended surname for a clown: as (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "For instance, this prologue involving a manager, merryman, and poet."
• "Who fled from the mocking throng, O! It's the song of a merryman, moping mum,"
• "At our elderly and intemperate merryman of the shaft and quiver."