jester

English

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Etymology

jest +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• Homophone: gestor

Noun

jester (plural jesters)

1. one who jests, jokes or mocks
2. a person in bright garb and fool’s cap who amused a mediaeval royal court.

Synonyms

See Wikisaurus:fool

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• fool, joker, narr, buffoon, clown

Derived terms

• court jester

Hyponyms

• harlequin
• jestress

Translations

person in a mediaeval royal court

• Catalan: bufó (ca) m
• Czech: šašek (cs) m
• Dutch: nar (nl) m, hofnar (nl) m
• Finnish: hovinarri (fi), narri (fi)
• French: bouffon (fr), fou du roi (fr), fou (fr)
• German: Hofnarr (de) m, Narr (de) m
• Hungarian: udvari bolond (hu), bolond (hu)
• Italian: giullare (it) m, buffone (it) m

• Macedonian: дворски шут (mk) (dvórski šut) m
• Polish: błazen (pl) m
• Portuguese: bobo da corte (pt), bufão (pt)
• Russian: шут (ru) (šut) m, паяц (ru) (pajác) m
• Serbian: šutnik, šašavac, dvorska luda, luda
• Spanish: bufón (es) m
• Telugu: వికటకవి (te)