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joculator

joculator noun: a jester; a joker.

Noun

joculator (plural joculators)

  1. (obsolete) A jester; a joker.
    • The joculators were sometimes excellent tumblers; yet, generally speaking, I believe that vaulting, tumbling, and balancing, were not exectued by the chieftan of the gleeman's company, but by some of his confederates1801, Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England

Forms of joculator

pluraljoculators

Origin of joculator

From Latin joculātus. Doublet of juggler and jongleur.

Questions about joculator

What does joculator mean?
Joculator means a jester; a joker.
What part of speech is joculator?
Joculator is a noun.
What is the plural of joculator?
The plural of joculator is joculators.

Words near joculator in the dictionary

  1. jocularities
  2. jocularity
  3. jocularly
  4. jocularness
  5. joculary
  6. joculator
  7. joculators
  8. joculatory
  9. joculatrices
  10. joculatrix
  11. joculous

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