| Jester 1. (n.) A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. 2. (n.) A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk. Thesaurus Entries Columbine, Hanswurst, Harlequin, Pantalone, Pantaloon, Polichinelle, Pulcinella, Punch, Punchinello, Scaramouch, banana, buffo, buffoon, burlesquer, caricaturist, clown, comedian, comic, cutup, droll, epigrammatist, fool, funnyman, gag writer, gagman, gagster, harlequin, humorist, idiot, ironist, jack-pudding, joker, jokesmith, jokester, lampooner, madcap, merry-andrew, motley, motley fool, parodist, pickle-herring, prankster, punner, punster, quipster, reparteeist, satirist, wag, wagwit, wisecracker, wit, witling, zany |