triboulet

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noun

A jester dressed entirely in red.

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nountriboulet (plural triboulets)

plural triboulets

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

Origin

  1. Frenchtriboulet
  2. Englishtriboulet

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

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Chicago

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