Category:Jester

Jest"er, n. Etym: [Cf. Gestour.]

1. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. This. . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. Shak. Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear. Longfellow.

2. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk. He ambled up and down With shallow jesters. Shak.