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jester

noun

1 historical a court jester:

fool, court fool, court jester;

clown, harlequin, pantaloon;

archaic buffoon, merry andrew, merryman, motley.

2 teachers don't usually like the class jester:

joker, comedian, comic, humorist, wag, wit, funny man/woman, prankster, jokester, clown, buffoon, character;

informal card, case, caution, hoot, scream, laugh, kidder, wisecracker, riot, barrel of laughs;

Australian, New Zealand, informal hard case.

jester Oxford Dictionary of English