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jester

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1. jester - Noun

2. Jester - Proper noun

Meaning

A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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I'm the out-of-court jester who won't settle, I up the vigilante, I'm a law unto myself but break it anyway! I made a forced landing on the Moebius Strip and now I want to know, which side are you on? Bob Black

Somewhere back at the beginning I was chosen to be Jester, and there is only one Jester at a time in Diaspar. Most people think that is one too many. Arthur C. Clarke

As for myself, I am simply Hop-Frog, the jester - and this is my last jest. Edgar Allan Poe

Although according to certain philosophers it is quite difficult to distinguish the jester from the melancholic, life itself being a comic drama or a dramatic comedy. Comte de Lautreamont

Never try to be more foolish than the jester. Yiddish Proverb

In the presence of princes the cleverest jester is mute. Chinese Proverb

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