gestour

Middle English

Alternative forms

iestour, jestour, gestiour, gestowre, geestour, gestoure

Etymology

Equivalent to gesten +‎ -our; compare geste (“a deed”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɛsˈtuːr/, /ɡɛːsˈtuːr/

Noun

gestour (plural gestours or gestoures)

A reciter of gests or legendary tales.
- Chaucer
  minstrels and gestours for to tell tales
A jester; a comic.

Descendants

English: jester
Scots: jestar

References

“ǧē̆stǒur (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-26.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for gestour in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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