jester
/ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/US/ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/
jester noun: one who jests, jokes or teases.
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Noun
jester (plural jesters)
- One who jests, jokes or teases.
- As resident jester at the maverick journalism outlet The Free Press, Nellie Bowles scours the news for the absurd and hypocritical, and then skewers the best of the worst in her column, TGIF.2025 February 26, Roy Rivenburg, “Nellie Bowles of The Free Press punctures pretension left and right”, in The Christian Science Monitor
- Synonyms:
- buffoon
- A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
- Synonyms:
- buffoon
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.
Verb
jester (third-person singular simple present jesters, present participle jestering, simple past and past participle jestered)
- To act in a foolish or clownish way for the purpose of entertainment or attracting attention.
- Synonyms:
- jest, jestermaxxing
Proper noun capitalized: Jester
Jester (plural Jesters)
- A surname.
jester meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
jester in Hindi
- jester, buffoon, clown
- रवण ravaṇ
jester in Tamil
- விகடகவி, கோமாளி
jester in Urdu
- ہنسی باز, مسخرہ, پیشہ ور بھانڈ
jester in Bengali
- ভাঁড়, মজা করে, রাজসভার ভাঁড়
More languagesFewer languages
- jester in Telugu
- వికటకవి vikaṭakavi, జోకరు jōkaru
- jester in Malayalam
- വിദൂഷകൻ, കൊട്ടാരം വിദൂഷകൻ, നർമ്മഠൻ, നർമ്മദൻ
- jester in Kannada
- ಎಗಚಿಗ, ಹಾಸ್ಯಗಾರ, ವಿದೂಷಕ, ನಗೆಗಾರ
- jester in Sanskrit
- विदूषक vidūṣaka
- jester in Pashto
- ټوکي ṭoki
- jester in Arabic
- بَهْلُول bahlūl
Synonyms of jester
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Forms of jester
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | jesters |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | jesters |
| present participle | jestering |
| past participle | jestered |
| past | jestered |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Jesters |
Origin of jester
From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest + -er.
Words formed from jester
Words that rhyme with jester
Questions about jester
- What does jester mean?
- Jester means one who jests, jokes or teases.
- What is jester in Hindi?
- Jester in Hindi is रवण (ravaṇ). See Jester meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is jester?
- Jester can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jester?
- Jester is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of jester?
- The plural of jester is jesters.
Words near jester in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jester (page history and authors); Jester (page history and authors); रवण (Hindi) (page history and authors); jester (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jester (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jester (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); జోకరు (Telugu) (page history and authors); jester (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); jester (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); विदूषक (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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