"court jester" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: court jesters [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} court jester (plural court jesters)
  1. A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court. Wikipedia link: court jester Categories (topical): Stock characters Synonyms: jester, joker Translations (person who amused a medieval court): təlxək (Azerbaijani), бла́зан (blázan) [masculine] (Belarusian), шут (šut) [masculine] (Bulgarian), bufó [masculine] (Catalan), 弄臣 (nòngchén) (Chinese Mandarin), šašek [masculine] (Czech), nar [common-gender] (Danish), nar [masculine] (Dutch), hofnar [masculine] (Dutch), amuzisto (Esperanto), narr (Estonian), hovinarri (Finnish), narri (Finnish), bouffon (French), fou du roi (French), fou (French), Hofnarr [masculine] (German), Hofnärrin [feminine] (German), Narr [masculine] (German), Närrin [feminine] (German), γελωτοποιός (gelotopoiós) [masculine] (Greek), לֵיצַן חָצֵר (lētzán ẖatzér) [masculine] (Hebrew), विदूषक (vidūṣak) [masculine] (Hindi), udvari bolond (Hungarian), bolond (Hungarian), giullare [masculine] (Italian), buffone [masculine] (Italian), affabulatore [masculine] (Italian), affabulatrice [feminine] (Italian), buffone di corte [masculine] (Italian), 어릿광대 (eoritgwangdae) (Korean), 광대 (gwangdae) (Korean), шут (šut) [masculine] (Macedonian), дво́рски шут (dvórski šut) [masculine] (Macedonian), hoffnarr [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), لوده (lowde) (Persian), błazen [masculine] (Polish), bobo da corte (Portuguese), bufão (Portuguese), bufon [masculine] (Romanian), măscărici [masculine] (Romanian), шут (šut) [masculine] (Russian), пая́ц (pajác) [masculine] (Russian), šutnik [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), šȁšavac [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dvorska luda [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), lȕda [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), bufón [masculine] (Spanish), narr [common-gender] (Swedish), hovnarr [common-gender] (Swedish), వికటకవి (vikaṭakavi) (Telugu), soytarı (Turkish), бла́зень (blázenʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-court_jester-en-noun-0TbI~Cyk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dvórski šut",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дво́рски шут"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hoffnarr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lowde",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "word": "لوده"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "błazen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "word": "bobo da corte"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "word": "bufão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bufon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "măscărici"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šut",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "шут"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pajác",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пая́ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "šutnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "šȁšavac"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "dvorska luda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "lȕda"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bufón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "narr"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hovnarr"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "vikaṭakavi",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "word": "వికటకవి"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "word": "soytarı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "blázenʹ",
      "sense": "person who amused a medieval court",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бла́зень"
    }
  ],
  "word": "court jester"
}

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