One who japes or jokes; esp. a professional jester. Obsolete since 16th cent.; revived in 19th cent.

a jester or court fool.

A professional entertainer or performer; a jester, a fool; a comic storyteller. Obsolete.

A professional jester or minstrel.

A professional jester, minstrel, or jongleur.

A mimic, buffoon, or merry-andrew; any professed maker of amusement, esp. one maintained in a prince's court or nobleman's household.

a jester, a court fool (cf. sense 7a).

‘A man whose profession is to make sport by low jests and antick postures’ (Johnson); a comic actor, clown; a jester, fool. archaic.

A person who entertains people with antics and buffoonery; a clown; a mountebank's assistant.

a comedian, a humorist; a jester, a joker.

a male comic, comedian, or clown.

A professional joker.