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noun

Jester n.

A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. "This... was Yorick's skull, the king's jester." "Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear."

A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk. "He ambled up and down With shallow jesters."

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Etymology of 'Jester'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Jester" Quotes from Famous Books

... thinking now," said the Jester, who was frequently wont to act as peace-maker in the family, "our master did not propose to hurt Fangs, but only to affright him. For, if you observed, he rose in his stirrups, as thereby meaning to overcast the mark; and so he would have ...

— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott

... gratify at the first moment he was able. Henry moreover was the most disinterested man I ever saw; while Tete Rouge, though equally good-natured in his way, cared for nobody but himself. Yet we would not have lost him on any account; he admirably served the purpose of a jester in a feudal castle; our camp would have been lifeless without him. For the past week he had fattened in a most amazing manner; and indeed this was not at all surprising, since his appetite was most inordinate. He was eating from morning till night; half the time he would be ...

— Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 • Charles H. Sylvester

... assembled near our camp preparatory to commencing the trek when the aircraft alarm was sounded. This was immediately followed by eight bombs in quick succession. One of these unfortunately dropped amidst our transport column killing two favourite riders, "Bighead" and "Jester" and destroying two or three mules. Fortunately only one man was injured, and more luckily still, no bombs dropped in the camp, although they were near enough to be unpleasant. The day's excitement was later heightened by a camel going "macknoon" in the middle of the camp. Attacking his native ...

— The Seventh Manchesters - July 1916 to March 1919 • S. J. Wilson

... said the Jester; "but how call you the sow when she is flayed, and drawn, and quartered, and hung up by ...

— Ivanhoe - A Romance • Walter Scott

... kicked out. There was tumult and excitement in the streets. Giovanni, retreating to a narrow alley to brush mud off his doublet, was aware that a man with keen observant eyes was regarding him from the doorway of a wine-shop. The man wore the cap and bells of a jester, and his fantastic costume was gorgeously colored and ornamented. He was drinking a cup of wine, and when that was finished he poured another for himself and began to sip it slowly. Catching ...

— Masters of the Guild • L. Lamprey

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