Bauble vs. Jester

Baublenoun

A cheap showy ornament piece of jewellery; a gewgaw.

Baublenoun

A club or sceptre carried by a jester.

Baublenoun

A small shiny spherical decoration, commonly put on Christmas trees.

Baublenoun

A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.

Baublenoun

The fool's club.

Baublenoun

a mock scepter carried by a court jester

Baublenoun

cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

Jesternoun

One who jests, jokes or mocks.

Jesternoun

A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.

Jesternoun

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

Jesternoun

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

Jesternoun

a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

Jesternoun

a professional joker or ‘fool’ at a medieval court, typically wearing a cap with bells on it and carrying a mock sceptre.

Jesternoun

a person who habitually plays the fool.

Jester

A jester, court jester, or fool, was historically an entertainer during the medieval and Renaissance eras who was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets.