Meaning

• Noun

  1. A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
  2. A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
  3. A stock character typified by unintelligence, naïveté or lucklessness, usually as a form of comic relief; often used as a source of insight or pathos for the audience, as such characters are generally less bound by social expectations.
  4. Someone who has been made a fool of or tricked; dupe.
  5. (informal) Someone who derives pleasure from something specified.
  6. (slang) An informal greeting akin to buddy, dude, or man.
  7. A particular card in a tarot deck, representing a jester.

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