Jester

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One given to jesting.
  • n. A fool or buffoon at medieval courts.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. one who jests, jokes or mocks
  • n. a person in bright garb and fool’s cap who amused a mediaeval royal court.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.
  • n. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A story-teller; a reciter of tales, adventures, and romances.
  • n. One who is addicted to jesting; one who is given to witticisms, jokes, and pranks.
  • n. A court-fool or professed sayer of witty things and maker of amusement, maintained by a prince or noble in the middle ages and later.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    merry-andrew    clown    goof    buffoon    goofball   
    Cross Reference
    jesters' helmet   
    Form
    court jester   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    buffoon    merry-andrew    farceur    joker    japer    jokesman    jokesmith    jokist    quiz    quizzer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Chester    Esther    Hester    Kester    Leicester    Lester    Nester    Nestor    Sylvester    ester   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    buffoon    clown    harlequin    minstrel    impostor   
     
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