jester

IPA: dʒˈɛstɝ

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

Examples of "jester" in Sentences

A shame, as the jester is the only sane one in the court.
The court jester is the canary in the cage, giving us all fair warning of what could be.
In that sense—and that sense only—having Mr. Penn on stage as the jester is a mark of progress.
The jester is the guy that can be heard making jokes no matter where he is standing on the field.
You know, and they used to say that the jester is the only person who could tell the truth to the king.
If a jester is beaten up, says the thirteenth-century law concerning such people, it shall not be counted an offence.
Here your attendant, "pointing to the jester," is but the King's fool, though he is a merry fellow who will be at your bidding, and be a good friend at court. "