Jesternoun
One who jests, jokes or mocks.
Clownnoun
A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and typically characterised by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
Jesternoun
A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
Clownnoun
A person who acts in a silly fashion.
Jesternoun
A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.
âThis . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester.â; âDressed in the motley garb that jesters wear.â;
Clownnoun
A stupid person.
Jesternoun
A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.
âHe ambled up and downWith shallow jesters.â;
Clownnoun
(obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
Jesternoun
a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages
Clownnoun
(obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.
Jesternoun
a professional joker or âfoolâ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre.
Clownverb
To act in a silly or playful fashion.
Jesternoun
a person who habitually plays the fool.
Clownnoun
A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
Jester
A jester, court jester, or fool, was historically an entertainer during the medieval and Renaissance eras who was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets.
Clownnoun
One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
âThe clown, the child of nature, without guile.â;
Clownnoun
The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
âThe clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere.â;
Clownverb
To act as a clown; - with it.
âBeshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed.â;
Clownnoun
a rude or vulgar fool
Clownnoun
a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
Clownverb
act as or like a clown
Clownnoun
a comic entertainer, especially one in a circus, wearing a traditional costume and exaggerated make-up
âa circus clownâ;
Clownnoun
a playful, extrovert person
âMartin was always the class clownâ;
Clownnoun
a foolish or incompetent person
âwe need a serious government, not a bunch of clownsâ;
Clownnoun
an unsophisticated country person; a rustic.
Clownverb
behave in a comical or playful way
âHarvey clowned around pretending to be a dogâ;
Clown
A clown is a person who wears a unique makeup-face and flamboyant costume, performing comedy in a state of open-mindedness (by reversing folkway-norms) all while using physical comedy.