jester
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈdʒɛstər/
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- Dramatic setting: Rigoletto, a court jester, tries to protect his innocent daughter by keeping her at home.
- a court jester
I was more or less the court jester and I was there.
- I was more or less the court jester and I was there.
- It's the clown, the jester, the unpredictable wild motherfucker.
- I've got myself looking snazzy now and I'm going to bring on our food court jester, Alex Lewis.
- And being an entertainer, being the court jester in any situation you have in life, I have found that it is the best gift I could possibly have had.
- This this Conan O'Brien, here I am with the ultimate call jester.
Examples
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"The judges and the inmates, even the court jester, hung on every word."
Fiction book (2000) -
I am but a humble jester, and you are too far above me.
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For much of his life, Cage was cast as a court jester or holy fool.
Blog text (7) -
We are just court jesters, entertaining the prince.
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The Court Jester came bounding into the room and sat down at the foot of the throne.
Fiction book (1999) -
The Court Jester strummed on his lute for a little while.
Fiction book (1999) -
In the grand hall, the jester performed tricks that had the nobles laughing uproariously.
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The king's jester told witty jokes that often contained sharp commentary about court life.
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During the festival, the jester entertained the crowd with his silly antics and clever wordplay.
Synonyms
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1.0
A performer who wears bright clothes and makes people laugh
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1.7
A person who makes people laugh by telling jokes or acting
31
8.8
An entertainer who amused a king or noble in the past
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4.1
A person who plays tricks on people to make them laugh
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4.4
A person who often makes other people laugh
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8.9
A person who makes others laugh in a group
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9.9
A person who acts silly to make other people laugh
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8.8
A person who makes jokes to make others laugh
A person who wears bright clothes at a court to make a king or noble laugh
How Funny
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jester comes from jest ('a joke') and from an old French word geste ('deed' or 'story'). Long ago a jester was the lively person who told stories and jokes at a king's court, so today a jester means an entertainer who makes people laugh.