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triboulet

triboulet noun: a jester dressed entirely in red.

triboulet: a jester dressed entirely in red
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Noun

triboulet (plural triboulets)

  1. A jester dressed entirely in red.
  2. A tapered steel mandrel used by a jeweler to make jewelry.

Forms of triboulet

pluraltriboulets

Origin of triboulet

From French triboulet, an eponym from the jester Triboulet (1479 – 1536) of kings Louis XII and Francis I of France.

Questions about triboulet

What does triboulet mean?
Triboulet means a jester dressed entirely in red.
What part of speech is triboulet?
Triboulet is a noun.
What is the plural of triboulet?
The plural of triboulet is triboulets.

Words near triboulet in the dictionary

  1. tribotherian
  2. tribotherians
  3. tribothermoluminescence
  4. tribotronic
  5. tribotronics
  6. triboulet
  7. triboulets
  8. tribrac
  9. tribrach
  10. tribrachi
  11. tribrachic

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