n. 25B6; noun
(historical) a court jester : (COURT) FOOL, court jester, clown; archaic merry andrew.
the class jester : JOKER, comedian, comic, humorist, wag, wit, prankster, jokester, clown, buffoon; informal card, case, caution, hoot, scream, laugh, wisecracker, barrel of laughs; Austral./NZ informal hard case.