jester

Working on a serious documentary didn’t stop Jackson from his activities as a harsh and relentless internet jester.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

Created by a solo developer known only as LocalThunk, card game Balatro - which takes its name from the Latin for jester or buffoon - is one of the year's biggest success stories.

From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2024

“I do consider myself a clown and a court jester, and I do love to make people laugh, whether they’re laughing with me or at me,” he told Men’s Health in 2012.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2024

Can imperfect sidekicks and second-fiddlers like Camelot’s court jester and Sir Palomides, the Saracen knight, save the realm when Arthur reveals himself as all too mortal?

From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2024

The job at North High was not going to be offered to a court jester.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman

And, of course, there were the sycophants, jesters and Wormtongues.

From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2026

Ollie Rathbone and Sam Smith's goals set up the annual pitch invasion as Wrexham swept aside Charlton to "football in the circus," chants from supporters, some of whom sported jesters hats.

From BBC ● Apr. 27, 2025

The stories toward the end of the special illustrate how even world-renowned jesters must find their own line when it comes to jokes and how it affects the ones they love.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022

But the visible ones are often jesters to be laughed at.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 9, 2022

There were usually at least eight wagons in our troupe and well over two dozen performers: actors and acrobats, musicians and hand magicians, jugglers and jesters.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss