vt toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.
2. harlequin ·n.i. to play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
3. harlequin ·noun a buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of italian comedy.