English-Thai Dictionary

jester

N ตัวตลก  ตัวโจ๊ก  จำอวด  clown fool buffon tua-ta-lok

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

JESTER

n.A person given to jesting, sportive talk and merry pranks. --He rambled up and down
With shallow jesters.
1. One given to sarcasm.
Now, as a jester, I accost you.
2. A buffoon; a merry-andrew, a person formerly retained by princes to make sport for them.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

JESTER

Jest "er, n. Etym: [Cf. Gestour. ]

 

1. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. This. .. was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. Shak. Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear. Longfellow.

 

2. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk. He ambled up and down With shallow jesters. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

jester

jest er |ˈjestər ˈʤɛstər | ▶noun historical a professional joker or “fool ” at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock scepter. • a person who habitually plays the fool.

 

Oxford Dictionary

jester

jest ¦er |ˈdʒɛstə | ▶noun historical a professional joker or ‘fool ’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre. • a person who habitually plays the fool.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

jester

jester noun 1 historical a court jester: fool, court fool, court jester, clown, harlequin, pantaloon; archaic buffoon, merry andrew. 2 the class jester: joker, clown, comedian, comic, humorist, wag, wit, prankster, jokester, trickster, buffoon; informal card, hoot, scream, laugh, wisecracker, barrel of laughs, smart-ass, smart aleck.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

jester

jester noun 1 historical a court jester: fool, court fool, court jester; clown, harlequin, pantaloon; archaic buffoon, merry andrew, merryman, motley. 2 teachers don't usually like the class jester: joker, comedian, comic, humorist, wag, wit, funny man /woman, prankster, jokester, clown, buffoon, character; informal card, case, caution, hoot, scream, laugh, kidder, wisecracker, riot, barrel of laughs; Austral. /NZ informal hard case.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

jester

j é st er 名詞 C 1 〘史 〙(中世の宮廷に仕えた )道化師 (fool, clown ).2 冗談好きな人, おどけ者 .