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Jester [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A person given to jesting, sportive talk and merry pranks.

2. --He rambled up and down

3. With shallow jesters.

4. One given to sarcasm.

5. Now, as a jester I accost you.

6. A buffoon; a merry-andrew, a person formerly retained by princes to make sport for them.

Jester [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

2. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.