joculator
English
Noun
joculator (plural joculators)
- (obsolete) A jester; a joker.
- '1801, Joseph Strutt, The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England:
- 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
Synonyms
- joculatrix (specifically female)
References
- “joculator”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | joculātor | joculātōrēs |
| Genitive | joculātōris | joculātōrum |
| Dative | joculātōrī | joculātōribus |
| Accusative | joculātōrem | joculātōrēs |
| Ablative | joculātōre | joculātōribus |
| Vocative | joculātor | joculātōrēs |
References
- “joculator”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- joculator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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