joculator

English

Etymology

From Latin joculātus. Doublet of juggler and jongleur.

Noun

joculator (plural joculators)

  1. (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

References
  • joculator in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Latin

Noun

joculātor m (genitive joculātōris); third declension

  1. Alternative form of ioculātor

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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