Jester
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jester¹
- /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/ US
Sounds like gestor · Rhymes with -ɛstə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest + -er.
noun jesters
- One who jests, jokes or teases. As resident jester at the maverick journalism outlet The Free Press, Nellie Bowles scours the news for the absurd and hypocritical, and then skewers the best of the worst in her column, TGIF.
- A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.
Similar: clown, joker, fool, jestress, fiddle, jester, joculator, joculatrix, merryman, motley fool, railleur
verb jesters · jestering · jestered
- To act in a foolish or clownish way for the purpose of entertainment or attracting attention.
Jester²
proper noun Jesters
- A surname.
