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Jester - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Jester : (noun)
1: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or
nobleman in the middle ages [syn: fool, motley fool]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Jester : \Jest"er\, n. [Cf. Gestour.]
1. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.
This . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester.
--Shak.
Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear.
--Longfellow.
2. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light
and amusing talk.
He ambled up and down With shallow jesters. --Shak.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Jester |
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sweetsoph: @Jester see my last tweet! could be useful for f word? |
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popculturerobot: My oldest friend said to me You may feel like the Queen of Hearts but you are only the Court Jester. I think she's wrong but Great analogy. |
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JeffTitelius: RT @funwinegifts: Learn fun facts about wine with Cork Jester's Wine Teasers Game. http://bit.ly/3LamWX #games #wine |
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