jestour
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jestraunt — jestour, jestraunt obs. ff. jester, jazerant … Useful english dictionary
jester — mid 14c., jestour (Anglo Latin), late 14c., gestour a minstrel, professional reciter of romances, agent noun from gesten recite a tale, which was a jester s original function (see JEST (Cf. jest)). Sense of buffoon in a prince s court is from… … Etymology dictionary
