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English translation: jesters, entertainers
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| Polish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. / History, Middle Ages | |||||||
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| 1 | fools |
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fools Explanation: A jester, court jester, or fool, was historically an entertainer during the medieval and Renaissance eras who was a member of the household of a nobleman or a monarch employed to entertain guests. Jesters were also itinerant performers who entertained common folk at fairs and town markets. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester ---- The sense evolution probably is from Vulgar Latin use of follis in a sense of "windbag, empty-headed person." Compare also Sanskrit vatula- "insane," literally "windy, inflated with wind." But some sources suggest evolution from Latin folles "puffed cheeks" (of a buffoon), a secondary sense from plural of follis. One makes the "idiot" sense original, the other the "jester" sense. - https://www.etymonline.com/word/fool |
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bon vivants Explanation: A person who enjoys the good things in life, especially good food and drink; a man about town. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bon_vivant |
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swingers Explanation: lub debauchees, philanderers Reference: http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/swinger |
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jesters Explanation: The Teeming World of the Jesters But who were these turpi histriones? According to the definitions proposed by some scholars of the past, such as Edmond Faral and Ramón Ménendez-Pidal, the main feature that jesters had in common was their professionalism[1] Edmond Faral describes the jesters as « tous ceux qui faisaient…. In order to earn a living, they exhibited themselves in a wide range of spectacular forms, extending from tests of skill to displays of portents and wonders, puppets, and exotic animals. The generic definition of ‘jester’ thus includes tale-singers, musicians, mimes, pantomimes, buffoons, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, acrobats, dancers, contortionists, animal trainers, serpent tamers, court buffoons and other performers. https://www.cairn.info/revue-internationale-de-philosophie-2... https://www.theartiste.co.uk/post/popular-medieval-entertain... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 mins (2020-07-30 11:00:53 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- If you do not wish to be specific, call them entertainers. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 days (2020-08-07 11:09:57 GMT) Post-grading -------------------------------------------------- Thank you. |
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