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A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.

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  1. n. A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.
  2. n. a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs
  3. A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.
  4. A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables tomake sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.
  5. n a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of satirical and ribald Latin songs