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Jester

Jester Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Jester? [n] a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages Synonyms \| Synonyms for Jester: fool Related Terms \| Find terms related to Jester: banana \| buffo \| buffoon \| burlesquer \| caricaturist \| clown \| Columbine \| comedian \| comic \| cutup \| droll \| epigrammatist \| fool \| funnyman \| gag writer \| gagman \| gagster \| Hanswurst \| Harlequin \| humorist \| idiot \| ironist \| jack-pudding \| joker \| jokesmith \| jokester \| lampooner \| madcap \| merry-andrew \| motley \| motley fool \| Pantalone \| Pantaloon \| parodist \| pickle-herring \| Polichinelle \| prankster \| Pulcinella \| Punch \| Punchinello \| punner \| punster \| quipster \| reparteeist \| satirist \| Scaramouch \| wag \| wagwit \| wisecracker \| wit \| witling \| zany See Also \| buffoon \| clown \| merry andrew Jester In Webster's Dictionary \Jest"er\, n. [Cf. {Gestour}.] 1. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. This . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. --Shak. Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear. --Longfellow. 2. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk. He ambled up and down With shallow jesters. --Shak.

Jester Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jester?

[n] a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

Synonyms | Synonyms for Jester: fool

See Also | buffoon | clown | merry andrew

Jester In Webster's Dictionary

\Jest"er\, n. [Cf. {Gestour}.]
1. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

         This . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester.
                                               --Shak.

         Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear.
                                               --Longfellow.

2. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light
   and amusing talk.

         He ambled up and down With shallow jesters. --Shak.

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