jester

historical entertainer
Intangible historical_profession Q215548
jester
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jester

Summary

jester is a historical profession[1]. jester ranks in the top 2% of historical_profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,493 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • jester's field of work was fashion designer[3].
  • jester's field of work was actor[4].
  • jester's field of work was music[5].
  • jester's field of work was theatre art[6].
  • A notable work attributed to jester is clothing[7].
  • jester's instance of is recorded as historical profession[8].
  • jester's instance of is recorded as stock character[9].
  • jester is a type of entertainer[10].
  • jester is a type of humorist[11].
  • jester is a type of jongleur[12].
  • jester is a type of artist[13].
  • jester's Commons category is recorded as Jesters[14].
  • jester's said to be the same as is recorded as jester[15].
  • jester's said to be the same as is recorded as minstrel[16].
  • jester's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jesters[17].
  • jester's Commons gallery is recorded as Jester[18].
  • jester's described by source is recorded as Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • jester's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[20].
  • jester's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21].
  • jester's different from is recorded as Le Guignolo[22].
  • jester's different from is recorded as Gelws[23].
  • jester's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'bouffonne'}[24].
  • jester's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'bufonino'}[25].
  • jester's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'io', 'text': 'bufonino'}[26].
  • jester's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'bufona'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include historical profession[8] and stock character[9]. Recorded subclass of include entertainer[10], humorist[11], jongleur[12], and artist[13].

Influence

Things named for jester include The Joker[28], a fictional human[29], founded in 1940[30] and The Jester[31], a film[32], directed by Andrei Eshpai[33].

Why It Matters

jester ranks in the top 2% of historical_profession entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,493 views/month).[2] jester has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] jester is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Entities named for jester include The Joker[28], a fictional human[29], founded in 1940[30] and The Jester[31], a film[32], directed by Andrei Eshpai[33].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Animalparty · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Jesters
    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Different from Le Guignolo, Gelws
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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