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jester

/ˈdʒɛs.tə/
noun
  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.

Synonymsbuffoon, clown, fool, jestress, buffoon, clown

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