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