different between whiteface vs jester

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

white +? face

Pronunciation

Noun

whiteface (countable and uncountable, plural whitefaces)

1. (uncountable) Makeup that makes the face appear white.

   Whiteface is sometimes worn by clowns and mimes, or in the Gothic subculture.

2. (countable) Any bird of the genus Aphelocephala.
3. A Hereford cow.
4. (countable) Any dragonfly of the genus Leucorrhinia.
5. (countable, slang) A person of European descent. (See usage notes.)
6. (countable) A traditional clown who ranks above the auguste.

Usage notes

The "white person" sense is rarely used directly; instead, it is found chiefly in reported or fictional speech, where it is ascribed to non-white characters, often as a way of establishing them as primitives.

Synonyms

• (European): paleface

Related terms

• blackface
• brownface
• redface
• yellowface

Translations

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.