jokester

noun
/ˈd͡ʒəʊkstə/UK/ˈd͡ʒoʊkstɚ/US

Etymology

Derived from joke + -ster.

  1. derived from *yek-
  2. derived from *yokos
  3. derived from *jokos
  4. suffixed as jokester — “joke + ster

Definitions

  1. A person who tells jokes

    A person who tells jokes; a joker.

    • Our uncle is always being a jokester and cracking jokes about how much he eats and makes messes.
    • Characters commenting on their own predicament as though they were the armchair jokesters of MST3K is almost never as smart as a film’s creative team thinks it is—something for which Urban Legend serves as Exhibit A.
  2. A person who plays practical jokes

    A person who plays practical jokes; a prankster.

  3. Jester, court jester.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for jokester. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA