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jestee

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

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noun

Meaning 1

The individual who is the subject of a joke.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1759-67, Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy The mortgager and mortgagee differ the one from the other, not more in length of purse, than the jester and jestee do in that of memory.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From jest + -ee.