Phrase guide

court jester

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: jester, joker, motley fool

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: gaztor — person who amused a medieval court
  • Arabic: بَهْلُول (bahlūl) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Azerbaijani: təlxək — person who amused a medieval court
  • Belarusian: бла́зан (blázan) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Bulgarian: шут (šut) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Catalan: bufó — person who amused a medieval court
  • Chinese Mandarin: 弄臣 (nòngchén) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Czech: šašek — person who amused a medieval court
  • Danish: nar — person who amused a medieval court
  • Dutch: nar — person who amused a medieval court
  • Dutch: hofnar — person who amused a medieval court
  • Esperanto: amuzisto — person who amused a medieval court
  • Esperanto: bufono — person who amused a medieval court
  • Estonian: narr — person who amused a medieval court
  • Finnish: hovinarri — person who amused a medieval court
  • Finnish: narri — person who amused a medieval court
  • French: bouffon — person who amused a medieval court
  • French: fou du roi — person who amused a medieval court
  • French: fou — person who amused a medieval court
  • German: Hofnarr — person who amused a medieval court
  • German: Hofnärrin — person who amused a medieval court
  • German: Narr — person who amused a medieval court
  • German: Närrin — person who amused a medieval court
  • Greek: γελωτοποιός (gelotopoiós) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Hebrew: לֵיצַן חָצֵר (leytsán khatsér) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Hindi: विदूषक (vidūṣak) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Hungarian: udvari bolond — person who amused a medieval court
  • Hungarian: bolond — person who amused a medieval court
  • Italian: giullare — person who amused a medieval court
  • Italian: buffone — person who amused a medieval court
  • Italian: affabulatore — person who amused a medieval court
  • Italian: affabulatrice — person who amused a medieval court
  • Italian: buffone di corte — person who amused a medieval court
  • Korean: 어릿광대 (eoritgwangdae) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Korean: 광대 (gwangdae) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Latvian: āksts — person who amused a medieval court
  • Latvian: nerrs — person who amused a medieval court
  • Macedonian: шут (šut) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Macedonian: дво́рски шут (dvórski šut) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hoffnarr — person who amused a medieval court
  • Iranian Persian: لُوْدِه (lowde) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Polish: błazen — person who amused a medieval court
  • Portuguese: bobo da corte — person who amused a medieval court
  • Portuguese: bufão — person who amused a medieval court
  • Romanian: bufon — person who amused a medieval court
  • Romanian: măscărici — person who amused a medieval court
  • Russian: шут (šut) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Russian: пая́ц (pajác) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Serbo-Croatian: šutnik — person who amused a medieval court
  • Serbo-Croatian: šȁšavac — person who amused a medieval court
  • Serbo-Croatian: dvorska luda — person who amused a medieval court
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȕda — person who amused a medieval court
  • Slovak: šašo — person who amused a medieval court
  • Slovak: figliar — person who amused a medieval court
  • Spanish: bufón — person who amused a medieval court
  • Swedish: narr — person who amused a medieval court
  • Swedish: hovnarr — person who amused a medieval court
  • Swedish: gycklare — person who amused a medieval court
  • Tatar: шамакай (şamaqay) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Telugu: వికటకవి (vikaṭakavi) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Turkish: soytarı — person who amused a medieval court
  • Ukrainian: бла́зень (blázenʹ) — person who amused a medieval court
  • Uzbek: qiziqchi — person who amused a medieval court