jester

One given to jesting.

A fool or buffoon at medieval courts.

A story-teller; a reciter of tales, adventures, and romances.

One who is addicted to jesting; one who is given to witticisms, jokes, and pranks.

A court-fool or professed sayer of witty things and maker of amusement, maintained by a prince or noble in the middle ages and later.

A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool.

A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk.

one who jests, jokes or mocks

a person in bright garb and fool’s cap who amused a mediaeval royal court.

a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages