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1. (n.) jester
a person who is given to jesting.
2. jester
a professional fool or clown, esp. at a medieval court.
Etymology: (1325–75)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) jester, fool, motley fool
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
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1. (noun) jester
a buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool
2. (noun) jester
a person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk
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Sense: in former times, a man employed in the courts of kings, nobles etc to amuse them with jokes etc.
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 Afrikaans: skertser |
 Arabic: مُهَرِّج، مَزّاح، بَهْلول |
 Bulgarian: шут |
 Brazilian: bobo da corte |
 Czech: šašek |
 German: der Hofnarr |
 Danish: hofnar; nar |
 Greek: γελωτοποιός |
 Spanish: bufón |
 Estonian: kojanarr |
 Farsi: دلقک |
 Finnish: hovinarri |
 French: bouffon |
 Hebrew: לֵיצָן הֶחָצֵר |
 Hindi: मसखरा |
 Croatian: šaljivčina |
 Hungarian: udvari bolond |
 Indonesian: badut |
 Icelandic: hirðfífl |
 Italian: buffone, giullare |
 Japanese: 道化師 |
 Korean: (중세의 왕후, 귀족이 거느린) 어릿광대 |
 Lithuanian: juokdarys |
 Latvian: āksts; jokdaris |
 Malay: pelawak |
 Dutch: hofnar |
 Norwegian: hoffnarr |
 Polish: trefniś |
 Persian: دلقک |
 Pashto: ټوكى، ټركمار، مسخره |
 Portuguese: bobo |
 Romanian: bufon |
 Russian: шут |
 Slovak: šašo |
 Slovenian: dvorni norec |
 Serbian: dvorska luda |
 Swedish: gycklare, hovnarr |
 Thai: ตัวตลก |
 Turkish: soytarı |
 Taiwanese: 弄臣 |
 Ukrainian: блазень |
 Urdu: مسخرہ |
 Vietnamese: anh hề |
 Chinese: 弄臣 |
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