Thesaurus: jester

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1. n. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.
2. n. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.
3. n. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
4. 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.
5. n:100 n. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages