josser

plural jossers

1. An outsider working in a circus.

   Becoming a josser – an outsider who joins the circus – is probably one of the few dreams almost everyone has had.

   1999 May 20, Dea Birkett, “Books: In the world of exotic humans”, in The Independent

2. UKinformalA man, especially one who seems foolish or simpleminded.

   A josser like myself from the backwoods of Canada would be making all sorts of bloomers.

   1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys

   1 more example

   As I neither answered nor raised my eyes Mahony exclaimed again: 'I say . . . He's a queer old josser!'

   1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “An Encounter”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 30

3. AustraliainformalA clergyman.