JESTER
ADJECTIVES
► JOCULATORY having the character of a jester; uttered in jest; jocular, droll, humorous, sportive, merry, jesting → 1623 obs.
NOUNS
► CAP AND BAUBLE the insignia of the jester or fool → 1663
► CAP AND BELLS the insignia of the jester or fool → 1884
NOUNS – PERSON
► AL ► HAL a jester, a fool; a silly person → 1857 Eng. dial.
► BALATRON a jester; a buffoon; a rascally base knave, a thief → 1623 obs.
► BAUBLE-BEARER a jester, a court fool → 1535
► DIZZARD a jester, a fool → a1529 obs.
► FUN-MAKER a jester, a comedian; a joker → 1835
► GABBER a jester; one who makes idle vaunts, a boaster → 1869
► GAMEMAN a jester, a joker, an entertainer → 1340 obs.
► GARRET a court jester or fool → 1888 (Bk.)
► GIRDER a jester or satirist; one who sneers or cavils → 1584 obs.
► HARLOT an itinerant jester, buffoon, or juggler; one who tells or does something to raise a laugh → a1340 obs.
► HOBBY HORSE a jester, a fool → L16 sl.
► IDIOT a professional jester or fool; a man of weak intellect maintained to afford amusement to others; a household or court fool → 1526 obs.
► JANGLER a jester, a story-teller → 1377 obs.
► JAPER a professional jester; one who japes or jokes → 1377
► JAPES a jester or buffoon; a jackanapes → 1902 Eng. dial.
► JOCULAR a professional jester or minstrel → a1475 obs.
► JOCULATOR a professional jester or minstrel → a1500 obs. exc. hist.
► JUGGLER a jester, a buffoon; one who entertains or amuses people by stories, songs, buffoonery, tricks, etc. → c1175 obs.
► MOROSOPH a jester, a wise fool’ → a1693 obs.
► MOTLEY a jester in motley garments → a1605 obs.
► MOWER a jester, a mocker, a scorner; a person who makes a face → 1440 obs.
► OWL-GLASS a jester, a buffoon → 1589
► RAKER a professional jester → 1889 Sc.
► SAGE FOOL a jester, a court fool → 1377 obs.
► TABARIN a jester, a buffoon → 1894 (Bk.)
► TOM TRAM a jester, a buffoon → 1689
► WAG a jester, a buffoon; a habitual joker; a merry droll; anyone ludicrously mischievous → 1584
► ZANY a professional jester or buffoon in general → 1596 arch.
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