What does jester mean?
Definitions for jester
ˈdʒɛs tərjester
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word jester.
Princeton's WordNet
jester, fool, motley fool(noun)
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
Wiktionary
jester(Noun)
one who jests, jokes or mocks
jester(Noun)
a person in bright garb and fool's cap who amused a mediaeval royal court.
Webster Dictionary
Jester(noun)
a buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool
Etymology: [Cf. Gestour.]
Jester(noun)
a person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk
Etymology: [Cf. Gestour.]
Freebase
Jester
Jester is the name of several Marvel Comics supervillains.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of jester in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of jester in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of jester in a Sentence
An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool.
My girlfriend sleeps in a queen-sized bed and I sleep in a court jester-sized bed.
A gentleman is not for his gender, A gentleman known by his good jester
I've always been someone who felt we are court jesters. That's what we do, as far as I'm concerned, you should step away from saying anything so that you can still be seen by the audience in any character. There's no reason entertainers can't learn just as much as anybody else about a subject, whatever it is. But I think that what's sad about it is that they lose their status as a court jester. And I'm a court jester. That's what I was born to do.
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- مهرجArabic
- bufóCatalan, Valencian
- šašekCzech
- hofnarDanish
- Hofnarr, Narr, SpaßvogelGerman
- bufónSpanish
- لودهPersian
- hovinarri, narriFinnish
- bouffon, fou du roi, fouFrench
- विदूषकHindi
- udvari bolond, bolondHungarian
- affabulatrice, affabulatore, buffone di corte, giullare, buffoneItalian
- ליצן החצרHebrew
- 광대Korean
- дворски шутMacedonian
- nar, hofnarDutch
- jesterNorwegian
- błazenPolish
- bufão, bobo da cortePortuguese
- bufonRomanian
- паяц, шутRussian
- šašavac, dvorska luda, luda, šutnikSerbo-Croatian
- narr, joker, hovnarrSwedish
- వికటకవిTelugu
- soytarıTurkish
- шутерUkrainian
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