joculatorn.
/ˈdʒɒkjʊleɪtə/ Obsolete exc. Historical.
A professional jester, minstrel, or jongleur.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > performance of jester or comedian > [noun] > jester or comedian
jugglerc1175
foolc1300
jangler1303
fool sagec1330
ribald1340
ape-ward1362
japer1377
sage fool1377
harlotc1390
disporter?a1475
jocular?a1475
joculatora1500
jester?1518
idiot1526
scoffer1530
sporter1531
dizzardc1540
vice1552
antic1564
bauble-bearer1568
scoggin1579
buffoon1584
pleasant1595
zany1596
baladine1599
clown1600
fiddle1600
mimic1601
ape-carrier1615
mime1616
mime-man1631
merry man1648
tomfool1650
pickle-herring1656
badine1670
puddingc1675
merry-andrew1677
mimical1688
Tom Tram1688
Monaghan1689
pickled herring1711
ethologist1727
court-foola1797
Tom1817
mimer1819
fun-maker1835
funny man1839
mimester1846
comic1857
comedian1860
jokesman1882
comique1886
Joey1896
tummler1938
alternative comedian1981
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > professional
japer1377
sage fool1377
harlotc1390
jocular?a1475
joculatora1500
jester?1518
bauble-bearer1568
buffoon1584
merry-andrew1677
court-foola1797
fun-maker1835
funny man1839
jokesman1882
a1500 Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 223 A mane to lach at ioculatouris fantasy.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 57 Lawes..enacted against..Prophesiers, Predictors, Circulatours, Joculators, or Iugglers.
1782 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music II. 355 The bounty of our first Norman sovereign to his Joculator, or Bard.
1858 J. Doran Hist. Court Fools 117 No monarch more needed a joculator than..Bolingbroke.
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