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Definitions for Jester
ˈdʒɛs tərjester

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. jester, fool, motley foolnoun

    a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

Wiktionary

  1. jesternoun

    one who jests, jokes or mocks

  2. jesternoun

    a person in bright garb and fool's cap who amused a mediaeval royal court.

Wikipedia

  1. Jester

    A jester, court jester, fool or joker was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests during the medieval and Renaissance eras. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets, and the discipline continues into the modern day, where jesters perform at historical-themed events. During the Middle Ages, jesters are often thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. Their modern counterparts usually mimic this costume. Jesters entertained with a wide variety of skills: principal among them were song, music, and storytelling, but many also employed acrobatics, juggling, telling jokes (such as puns, stereotypes, and imitation), and performing magic tricks. Much of the entertainment was performed in a comic style. Many jesters made contemporary jokes in word or song about people or events well known to their audiences.

ChatGPT

  1. jester

    A jester is a person who is employed to tell jokes and provide general entertainment, typically by a medieval court. This person is often characterized by their brightly colored clothes and eccentric antics. In a broader sense, a jester can refer to anyone who behaves in a jesting or teasing manner, often with the intent of amusing others.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Jesternoun

    a buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool

  2. Jesternoun

    a person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk

  3. Etymology: [Cf. Gestour.]

Wikidata

  1. Jester

    Jester is the name of several Marvel Comics supervillains.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. JESTER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Jester is ranked #4676 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Jester surname appeared 7,587 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Jester.

    84.3% or 6,400 total occurrences were White.
    10.8% or 826 total occurrences were Black.
    1.9% or 148 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.7% or 132 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.6% or 48 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    0.4% or 33 total occurrences were Asian.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Jester in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Jester in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Jester in a Sentence

  1. Kurt Russell:

    I've always been someone who felt we are court jesters. That's what we do, as far as I'm concerned, you should step away from saying anything so that you can still be seen by the audience in any character. There's no reason entertainers can't learn just as much as anybody else about a subject, whatever it is. But I think that what's sad about it is that they lose their status as a court jester. And I'm a court jester. That's what I was born to do.

  2. Steven Wright, I Have a Pony:

    My girlfriend sleeps in a queen-sized bed and I sleep in a court jester-sized bed.

  3. The Omani Shed:

    A gentleman is not for his gender, A gentleman known by his good jester

  4. Sylvia Fine Kaye:

    An unemployed court jester is nobody's fool.

  5. Lisa Haisha:

    The Joker is a powerful archetype: They are the jester, the dunce, the trickster, and the shape-shifter.

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