A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1448-1500
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Joculato(u)r, n. [L. (and med. L.) joculātor.] An entertainer, a jester. —1448–9[ Exchequer Rolls V. 339.
Per solucionem factam Roberto McGy, etc., … histrionibus sive joculatoribus regis] a1500 Bernardus 213.
Man or child haffande a gret delyte For to wesy … Joculatouris or trumpouris [L. ioculatores] a1500 Ib. 223.
A mane to lach at ioculatouris fantasy [etc.]
