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Jesters

From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest +‎ -er.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/
• (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/
• Homophone: gestor
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

jester (plural jesters)

1. One who jests, jokes or teases.
2. A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.

• (one who jokes): buffoon, clown, joker, see also Thesaurus:joker

• (court entertainer): buffoon, clown, fool, jestress, see also Thesaurus:jester

• (person who amused a medieval court): harlequin, pantaloon

• court jester

• jestermaxx

• Arabic: بَهْلُول m (bahlūl)

• Belarusian: жартаўні́к m (žartawník), жарто́ўнік m (žartównik)

• Bulgarian: шегоби́ец (bg) m (šegobíec)

• Chinese:
  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: šašek (cs) m

• Esperanto: amuzanto

• Finnish: vitsailija (fi), vitsiniekka (fi)

• French: plaisantin (fr) m

• Galician: alvardán m, bufón m, arlequín (gl) m

• Georgian: ხუმარა (ka) (xumara), მასხარა (ka) (masxara), ოხუნჯი (ka) (oxunǯi), ტაკიმასხარა (ṭaḳimasxara)

• German: Spaßmacher (de) m, Spaßmacherin (de) f, Clown (de) m, Clownin (de) f, Hampelmann (de) m, Hampelfrau f, Narr (de) m

• Greek:
  Ancient Greek: γελωτοποιός m (gelōtopoiós)

• Latin: balatrō m

• Lithuanian: klounas m

• Macedonian: шега́џија m (šegádžija), шего́биец m (šegóbiec), сме́шник m (sméšnik)

• Māori: kiri hangareka

• Pashto: ټوکي (ps) m (ṭoki)

• Polish: błazen (pl) m

• Portuguese: brincalhão (pt) m

• Russian: шутни́к (ru) m (šutník), шутни́ца (ru) f (šutníca), остря́к (ru) m (ostrják) (derogatory)

• Spanish: truhán (es) m

• Swedish: gycklare (sv) c or c pl

• Turkish:
  Ottoman Turkish: لطیفه‌جی (latifeci)

• Ukrainian: жартівни́к m (žartivnýk), жартівни́ця f (žartivnýcja), жарту́н m (žartún)

jester (third-person singular simple present jesters, present participle jestering, simple past and past participle jestered)

1. (intransitive) To act in a foolish or clownish way for the purpose of entertainment or attracting attention.

• jest
• jestermaxxing
• rejets

From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.

• jest

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestere or jestre or jestrer, definite plural jesterne or jestrene)

1. yeast
   Synonym: gjær

• ese

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Homophone: gjester

jester m

1. indefinite plural of jest

• “jester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• jest
• gjester (non-standard since 1938)

From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast. Doublet of jest.

• IPA(key): /ˈjɛs.tər/

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestrar, definite plural jestrane)

1. yeast
   Synonym: gjær

• asa, ase
• esa, ese
• “jester” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.