Harlequin: alternatives and connections

A buffoon or merry-andrew; one that practices odd gesticulations; the Fool of the old play.

the part of the general public interested in a source of information, entertainment, or a product/service; "every artist needs an audi…

Dressed or cooked by boiling; subjected to the action of a boiling liquid; as, boiled meat; a boiled dinner; boiled clothes.

An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for…

A sort of leather, prepared from the skin of the buffalo, dressed with oil, like chamois; also, the skins of oxen, elks, and other ani…

The arts and practices of a buffoon, as low jests, ridiculous pranks, vulgar tricks and postures.

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.

A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored,…

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

A stop or pause by a party to an action, for the judgment of the court on the question, whether, assuming the truth of the matter alle…

To divert or amuse; to make merry.

To turn aside; to turn off from any course or intended application; to deflect; as, to divert a river from its channel; to divert comm…

One whose practice it is to raise mirth by odd tricks; a jester; a buffoon; a merry-andrew.

A particular stress of utterance, or force of voice, given in reading and speaking to one or more words whose signification the speake…

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley,…

Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery.