jester

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JEST'ER, noun A person given to jesting, sportive talk and merry pranks. --He rambled up and down With shallow jesters. 1. One given to sarcasm. Now, as a jester I accost you. 2. A buffoon; a merry-andrew, a person formerly retained by princes to make sport for them.
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