Jester Definition & Meaning | Bay Area Crosswords

About The Word Jester

Learn about the word Jester to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Jester definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

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.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

Idle wheel ‐ a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide…
Savin ‐ procumbent or…
Cram full ‐ packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces of…
Lamb's lettuce ‐ widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb;…
Bismarck sea ‐ World War II naval battle; Allied land-based bombers destroyed…
Indiscriminating ‐ not…
Astragalus danicus ‐ perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes…
Coniferophytina ‐ cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period;…
Unvaried ‐ not diversified [adj]…
Animal group ‐ a group…