jestee

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noun

The individual who is the subject of a joke.

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Meanings

nounjestee (plural jestees)

plural jestees

  1. The individual who is the subject of a joke.

    1759-67, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy The mortgager and mortgagee differ the one from the other, not more in length of purse, than the jester and jestee do in that of memory.

Origin

From jest + -ee.

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APA

jestee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jestee

MLA

“jestee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jestee. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jestee,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jestee.

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