/jong"gleuhr/ ; Fr. /zhawonn gluerdd"/ , n. , pl. jongleurs /-gleuhrz/ ; Fr. /-gluerdd"/ .
(in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories. Cf. goliard .
[ 1755-65; jougleur (perh. by misreading, ou being read on ), OF jogleor joculator joker, equiv. to jocula ( ri ) to JOKE + -tor -TOR ]