Thesaurus
:
jester
T
hesaurus
jester
English
Noun
Sense: entertainer of a royal or noble court
Synonyms
buffoon
clown
fiddle
fool
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]
jester
jestress
joculator
joculatrix
joker
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]
merryman
motley fool
railleur
Hyponyms
court jester
harlequin
Merry Andrew
pantaloon
pickle-herring
Hypernyms
person
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⇒ thesaurus
]
Various
bauble
coxcomb
jest
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]
laughingstock
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]
motley
See also
acrobat
juggler
tumbler
Further reading
“
844. humorist
” in
Roget's Thesaurus
, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
“
jester
” in
Moby Thesaurus II
, Grady Ward, 1996.