jester

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɛs.tɚ/
• Homophone: gestor
• Rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)

jester (plural jesters, feminine jestress)

1. One who jests, jokes or teases.
2. A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.

• (one who jokes): buffoon, clown, joker, see also Thesaurus:joker
• (court entertainer): buffoon, clown, fool, jestress, see also Thesaurus:jester

• (person who amused a medieval court): harlequin, pantaloon

• court jester

• rejets

From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.

• jest

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestere or jestre or jestrer, definite plural jesterne or jestrene)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

• ese

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• Homophone: gjester

jester m

1. indefinite plural of jest

• “jester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• jest
• gjester (non-standard since 1938)

From Old Norse jǫstr, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast. Doublet of jest.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛs.tər/

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestrar, definite plural jestrane)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

• asa, ase
• esa, ese

• “jester” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.