different between jester vs townie

English

Etymology

From Middle English gestour; equivalent to jest +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??s.t?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?d??s.t?/
• Homophone: gestor
• Rhymes: -?st?(?)

Noun

jester (plural jesters, feminine jestress)

1. One who jests, jokes or teases.
2. A person in colourful garb and fool's cap who amused a medieval and early modern royal or noble court.
3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the Southeast Asian genus Symbrenthia.

Synonyms

• (one who jokes): buffoon, clown, joker, see also Thesaurus:joker
• (court entertainer): buffoon, clown, fool, jestress, see also Thesaurus:jester

Hyponyms

• (person who amused a medieval court): harlequin, pantaloon

Derived terms

• court jester

Translations

Anagrams

• rejets

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence English yeast.

Alternative forms

• jest

Noun

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestere or jestre or jestrer, definite plural jesterne or jestrene)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• ese

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• Homophone: gjester

Noun

jester m

1. indefinite plural of jest

References

• “jester” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• jest
• gjester (non-standard since 1938)

Etymology

From Old Norse j?str, from Proto-Germanic *jestuz, whence also English yeast. Doublet of jest.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?s.t?r/ (example of pronunciation)

Noun

jester m (definite singular jesteren, indefinite plural jestrar, definite plural jestrane)

1. yeast

   Synonym: gjær

Related terms

• asa, ase
• esa, ese

References

• “jester” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• townee

Etymology

town +? -ie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ta?ni/
• Rhymes: -a?ni

Noun

townie (plural townies)

1. (Britain, US) A person living in a university area who is not associated with the university.
2. (US) A person born and raised in an area of Massachusetts who is proud of his or her Irish-American community, culture, and heritage.
3. (Britain) A person who has moved from a town or city to a rural area. Especially, one who is perceived not to have adopted rural ways.
4. (Britain) A person familiar with the town (urbanised centre of a city) and with going out on the town; a street-wise person.
5. (Britain, derogatory) A chav.
6. (US) A working-class citizen in a metropolitan area.
7. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand, informal) A person who lives in a city or town, or has an urban outlook.
   • 2002, Graeme Davison, Rural Sustainability in Historical Perspective, Chris Cocklin, Jacqui Dibden (editors), Sustainability and Change in Rural Australia, University Of New South Wales Press, page 40,

     In the 1940?s, a social survey of Victorian country towns found a similar gap between the interests and outlooks of farmers and townies, and an underlying fear on the part of the townsfolk.

   • 2005, Marc Brodie, Chapter 9: The Politics of Rural Nostalgia between the Wars, Graeme Davison, Marc Brodie (editors), Struggle Country: The Rural Ideal in Twentieth-Century Australia, page 9.9,

     In that sense, the townies, not the farmers, were the inheritors of a pioneer capacity for hard work.

   • 2008, Jim Sharman, Blood & Tinsel: A Memoir, Melbourne University Publishing, page 18,

     Earlier, there would probably have been a grudge match between two townies, or locals.

Synonyms

• (chav): See synonyms at chav.

Antonyms

• (person who lives in a city or town or has an urban outlook): cocky ("farmer")

See also

• barnie
• Town and gown on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• twonie