Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One given to jesting.
- noun A fool or buffoon at medieval courts.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A story-teller; a reciter of tales, adventures, and romances.
- noun One who is addicted to jesting; one who is given to witticisms, jokes, and pranks.
- noun A court-fool or professed sayer of witty things and maker of amusement, maintained by a prince or noble in the middle ages and later.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.
- noun A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun one who
jests , jokes or mocks - noun a person in bright
garb andfool’s cap who amused amediaeval royal court .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
Etymologies
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Examples
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You know, and they used to say that the jester is the only person who could tell the truth to the king.
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A shame, as the jester is the only sane one in the court.
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The court jester is the canary in the cage, giving us all fair warning of what could be.
Charles H. Green: Stewart's and Colbert's Joke is On the Media Charles H. Green 2010
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The court jester is the canary in the cage, giving us all fair warning of what could be.
Charles H. Green: Stewart's and Colbert's Joke is On the Media Charles H. Green 2010
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The court jester is the canary in the cage, giving us all fair warning of what could be.
Charles H. Green: Stewart's and Colbert's Joke is On the Media Charles H. Green 2010
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The jester is the guy that can be heard making jokes no matter where he is standing on the field.
Five Guys You Will Encounter in Men's Softball Leagues | myFiveBest 2010
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If a jester is beaten up, says the thirteenth-century law concerning such people, it shall not be counted an offence.
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1997 - Presentation Speech 1998
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In that sense—and that sense only—having Mr. Penn on stage as the jester is a mark of progress.
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A shame, as the jester is the only sane one in the court.
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Here your attendant, "pointing to the jester," is but the King's fool, though he is a merry fellow who will be at your bidding, and be a good friend at court. "
bilby commented on the word jester
Knock knock.
February 6, 2009
Prolagus commented on the word jester
Who's there?
February 7, 2009
reesetee commented on the word jester
Jester.
February 7, 2009
dontcry commented on the word jester
Jester who?
February 7, 2009
bilby commented on the word jester
Jester minute, I'm still in the shower!
February 7, 2009
asativum commented on the word jester
Shower? I don't even ... Oh, never mind.
February 8, 2009
598531899 commented on the word jester
JEstER
July 22, 2011