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Word entry · 6 letters

jester

Best crossword clue

"Court fool"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/Part of speech nounSorted eejrstStarts with JEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

Word origin

From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest + -er.

Used in a sentence

  • As resident jester at the maverick journalism outlet The Free Press, Nellie Bowles scours the news for the absurd and hypocritical, and then skewers the best of the worst in her column, TGIF.

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