Meaning of JESTER
| Pronunciation: | | 'jestur
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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[n] a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages |
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JESTER is a 6 letter word that starts with J. |
| | Synonyms: | | fool |
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| | See Also: | | buffoon, clown, merry andrew | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Jest"er\, n. [Cf. {Gestour}.]
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.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Seeing a jester in your dream, symbolizes that petty things and silly pastimes will cause you to ignore important matters. |
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| | Related Terms: | | banana, buffo, buffoon, burlesquer, caricaturist, clown, Columbine, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, epigrammatist, fool, funnyman, gag writer, gagman, gagster, Hanswurst, Harlequin, humorist, idiot, ironist, jack-pudding, joker, jokesmith, jokester, lampooner, madcap, merry-andrew, motley, motley fool, Pantalone, Pantaloon, parodist, pickle-herring, Polichinelle, prankster, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, punner, punster, quipster, reparteeist, satirist, Scaramouch, wag, wagwit, wisecracker, wit, witling, zany |
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