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How to pronounce jester in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fool, motley fool
Type of buffoon, clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew
Derivation jest

Examples of jester

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He sees his role partly as that of court jester, challenging the received wisdom.
From the economist.com
How this belly-dancing jester will mix with Robin's Jewishness is anyone's guess.
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He wrote his doctoral thesis on the role of the jester in Indian drama in 1897.
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It is a story about a countess, a jester, and a bard who catch a fish that talks.
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It's a classic tale for adults and children about a king, a princess and a jester.
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Hendricks is least convincing plying his trade as jester in that first scene.
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In the locker room, he's always the court jester and the unofficial team spokesman.
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And then he'd return to the castle and push the jester around with his joust.
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It was her first time directing Brian Lee West, who played drunken jester Trinculo.
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More examples
  • A professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages
  • A jester, joker, jokester, fool, wit-cracker, prankster or buffoon was a person employed to tell jokes and provide general entertainment, typically by a European monarch. Jesters are stereotypically thought to have worn brightly colored clothes and eccentric hats in a motley pattern. ...
  • Jester, in comics, may refer to: *Jester (Quality Comics), a Quality Comics character who has also appeared in DC Comics *Jester (Marvel Comics), a number of Marvel Comics characters *Jester, a Wildstorm Comics character who has appeared in Wetworks
  • Devil May Cry is a series of video games set in the modern day, developed by Capcom, created by Hideki Kamiya, and produced by Shinji Mikami. ...
  • Jester is the name of several Marvel Comics supervillains.
  • This is a list of characters from the Puppet Master series of films.
  • Jester is the name of a modified Norwegian Folkboat sailed by the famous circumnavigator Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler, notably coming second to Francis Chichester in the 1960 OSTAR, completing the voyage in 48 days.
  • The Jester is a film set in a Galician shtetl before World War I. The musical comedy is rich with itinerant performers and star-crossed lovers. ...
  • The Jester is a novel by James Patterson (with Andrew Gross).