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card, comedian, comic, droll, farceur, funnyman, gagger, gagman, gagster, humorist, joker, jokester, wag, wit
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Historically, jesters and clowns have been a vehicle for satire and for poking fun at powerful people. — Frank T. Mcandrew, Quartzy, "The psychology behind why we find clowns so creepy," 6 Sep. 2019 As Rigoletto, the Duke’s jester, Roland Wood used a ventriloquist’s dummy for his nasty jibes, supposedly to separate his performance persona from his secret life as the loving and overprotective father of Gilda. — Heidi Waleson, WSJ, "Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Review: Wrenching Drama and Vicious Satire," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jester.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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