Jester

Noun

 * 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 Thesaurus:fool
 * fool
 * joker
 * narr
 * knave
 * moron
 * idiot
 * buffoon
 * dimwit
 * dumbhead
 * dimhead
 * clown

Derived terms

 * court jester

Related terms

 * jestress

Verbs for Jester
appreciate—; encourage—; humor—; main¬tain—; retain—; —aims; —attempts; — directs; —diverts; —entertains; —excites; —indulges; —jokes; —makes game of; — makes merry; —makes sport of; —provokes; —treats.

Thesaurus
Columbine, Hanswurst, Harlequin, Pantalone, Pantaloon, Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, Scaramouch, banana, buffo, buffoon, burlesquer, caricaturist, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, epigrammatist, fool, funnyman, gag writer, gagman, gagster, harlequin, humorist, idiot, ironist, jack-pudding, joker, jokesmith, jokester, lampooner, madcap, merry-andrew, motley, motley fool, parodist, pickle-herring, prankster, punner, punster, quipster, reparteeist, satirist, wag, wagwit, wisecracker, wit, witling, zany

Translations

 * Catalan: bufó
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian: ,


 * Macedonian: дворски шут
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian: šutnik, šašavac, dvorska luda, luda
 * Spanish: