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Narr — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • booby noun A foolish or dim-witted person.
  • buffoon noun Someone who acts in a silly, clownish way, or who behaves so foolishly that it's almost comical.
  • fool noun A person who acts or thinks without good sense or judgment.
  • idiot noun A foolish or stupid person, or someone who makes a very poor decision.
  • jester noun Historically, an entertainer employed by a royal or noble court to amuse people with jokes, music, and clowning.

Senses

Narr is used for these senses in English:

  • booby A stupid person.
  • buffoon (pejorative) An unintentionally ridiculous person.
  • court jester A person in colorful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
  • fool (pejorative) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
  • fool (historical) A jester; a person whose role was to entertain a sovereign and the court (or lower personages).
  • idiot (pejorative) A person of low general intelligence.
  • jester One who jests, jokes or teases.

booby — full definition

  1. noun A foolish or dim-witted person.
  2. noun A large tropical seabird related to gannets, once thought clumsy on land.

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