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jester
/ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/
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What does jester mean?
noun
- One who jests, jokes or teases.
- A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.
More meanings (2)
verb
- To act in a foolish or clownish way for the purpose of entertainment or attracting attention.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/
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Every one in the villages through which they passed ran after the jester, and pointed and laughed.
“I have left my shield in the tilt-yard,” answered the Jester, “as has been the fate of many a better knight than myself.”
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ALL Oh, the doing and undoing, Oh, the sighing and the suing, When a jester goes a-wooing, And he wishes he was dead!
You are very lucky if you happen on a camp jester, one of the sort that sings, shouts, or jokes while on the march.
In an old romance, "The Blonde of Oxford," a jester makes fun of a nobleman for being out in the rain without his cloak.