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See also: ještěr
English
[edit]![Painting of jesters playing Cochonnet by Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/EDUARDO_ZAMACOIS_Y_ZABALA_-_Bufones_jugando_al_Cochonnet_%28Museo_de_Bellas_Artes_de_Bilbao%2C_1868._%C3%93leo_sobre_tabla%2C_46_x_35.6_cm%29.jpg/220px-EDUARDO_ZAMACOIS_Y_ZABALA_-_Bufones_jugando_al_Cochonnet_%28Museo_de_Bellas_Artes_de_Bilbao%2C_1868._%C3%93leo_sobre_tabla%2C_46_x_35.6_cm%29.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest + -er.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/
- Homophone: gestor
- Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
Noun
[edit]jester (plural jesters, feminine jestress)
- One who jests, jokes or teases.
- A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.
Synonyms
[edit]- (one who jokes): buffoon, clown, joker, see also Thesaurus:joker
- (court entertainer): buffoon, clown, fool, jestress, see also Thesaurus:jester
Hyponyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]one who jests
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person who amused a medieval court — see court jester
Anagrams
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestere or jestre or jestrer, definite plural jesterne or jestrene)
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jester m
- indefinite plural of jest
References
[edit]- “jester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast. Doublet of jest.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestrar, definite plural jestrane)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “jester” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)
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- Rhymes:English/ɛstə(ɹ)
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- en:Comedy
- en:Nymphalid butterflies
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