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jesters

jesters is the plural of jester.

jesters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of jester.

Meaning of jester

Noun

jester (plural jesters)

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

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Proper noun capitalized: Jesters

Jesters

  1. (plural) plural of Jester

Phrases with jesters

Questions about jesters

What is jesters the plural of?
Jesters is the plural of jester.
What part of speech is jesters?
Jesters is a proper noun.

Words near jesters in the dictionary

  1. jestering
  2. jestermaxx
  3. jestermaxxed
  4. jestermaxxes
  5. jestermaxxing
  6. jesters
  7. jestest
  8. jesteth
  9. jestful
  10. jestfully
  11. jestfulness

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