Joculator

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A jester; a joker. obsolete

    "The joculators were sometimes excellent tumblers; yet, generally speaking, I believe that vaulting, tumbling, and balancing, were not exectued by the chieftan of the gleeman's company, but by some of his confederates"

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jesterjoculatrixjoculatrix

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"The joculators were sometimes excellent tumblers; yet, generally speaking, I believe that vaulting, tumbling, and balancing, were not exectued by the chieftan of the gleeman's company, but by some of his confederates"

Etymology

From Latin joculātus. Doublet of juggler and jongleur.

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