Meanings
nouncourt jester (plural court jesters)
plural court jesters
- A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
Synonyms: jester, joker, motley fool
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
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Translations
Arabic بَهْلُول
- بَهْلُول (bahlūl)person who amused a medieval court
Bulgarian шут
- шут (šut)person who amused a medieval court
Catalan bufó
- bufóperson who amused a medieval court
Chinese Mandarin 弄臣
- 弄臣 (nòngchén)person who amused a medieval court
Czech šašek
- šašekperson who amused a medieval court
Danish nar
- narperson who amused a medieval court
Dutch nar, hofnar
- narperson who amused a medieval court
- hofnarperson who amused a medieval court
Esperanto amuzisto, bufono
- amuzistoperson who amused a medieval court
- bufonoperson who amused a medieval court
Estonian narr
- narrperson who amused a medieval court
Finnish hovinarri, narri
- hovinarriperson who amused a medieval court
- narriperson who amused a medieval court
French bouffon, fou du roi
- bouffonperson who amused a medieval court
- fou du roiperson who amused a medieval court
- fouperson who amused a medieval court
German Hofnarr, Hofnärrin
- Hofnarrperson who amused a medieval court
- Hofnärrinperson who amused a medieval court
- Narrperson who amused a medieval court
- Närrinperson who amused a medieval court
Greek γελωτοποιός
- γελωτοποιός (gelotopoiós)person who amused a medieval court
Hebrew לֵיצַן חָצֵר
- לֵיצַן חָצֵר (leytsán khatsér)person who amused a medieval court
Hindi विदूषक
- विदूषक (vidūṣak)person who amused a medieval court
Hungarian udvari bolond, bolond
- udvari bolondperson who amused a medieval court
- bolondperson who amused a medieval court
Italian giullare, buffone
- giullareperson who amused a medieval court
- buffoneperson who amused a medieval court
- affabulatoreperson who amused a medieval court
- affabulatriceperson who amused a medieval court
- buffone di corteperson who amused a medieval court
Korean 어릿광대, 광대
- 어릿광대 (eoritgwangdae)person who amused a medieval court
- 광대 (gwangdae)person who amused a medieval court
Latvian āksts, nerrs
- ākstsperson who amused a medieval court
- nerrsperson who amused a medieval court
Norwegian Bokmål hoffnarr
- hoffnarrperson who amused a medieval court
Polish błazen
- błazenperson who amused a medieval court
Portuguese bobo da corte, bufão
- bobo da corteperson who amused a medieval court
- bufãoperson who amused a medieval court
Romanian bufon, măscărici
- bufonperson who amused a medieval court
- măscăriciperson who amused a medieval court
Russian шут, пая́ц
- шут (šut)person who amused a medieval court
- пая́ц (pajác)person who amused a medieval court
Slovak šašo, figliar
- šašoperson who amused a medieval court
- figliarperson who amused a medieval court
Spanish bufón
- bufónperson who amused a medieval court
Swedish narr, hovnarr
- narrperson who amused a medieval court
- hovnarrperson who amused a medieval court
- gycklareperson who amused a medieval court
Turkish soytarı
- soytarıperson who amused a medieval court
Ukrainian бла́зень
- бла́зень (blázenʹ)person who amused a medieval court
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