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joculator Obs. exc. Hist.|ˈdʒɒkjʊleɪtə(r)|
[a. L. joculātor jester, joker, agent-n. from joculārī to jest, joke, f. joculus: see jongleur, juggler.]
A professional jester, minstrel, or jongleur.
a1500Bernard. de cura rei fam. (E.E.T.S.) 223 A mane to lach at ioculatouris fantasy. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 87 Lawes..enacted against..prophesiers, predictors, circulatours, joculators, or jugglers! 1782Burney Hist. Mus. (1789) II. iv. 355 The bounty of our first Norman sovereign to his Joculator or Bard. 1858Doran Crt. Fools 117 No monarch more needed a joculator than..Bolingbroke. |