amuzisto

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Etymology

amuzi +‎ -isto.

Noun

amuzisto (accusative singular amuziston, plural amuzistoj, accusative plural amuzistojn)

  1. entertainer, showman
    • Herbert Harris (translator), Princo Vanc’ (Prince Vance) by Eleanor Putnam and Arlo Bates, Chapter 8,
      “Ĉu vi scias, kiu mi estas?”
      “Ne precize,” diris la fiŝkaptisto, “sed, pro via ŝajno, kaj pro la skatolo, mi supozas, ke vi estas migranta amuzisto.”
      “Do you know who I am?”
      “Not rightly,” said the fisherman; “but from yer look and from yer box I take ye for a travelling showman.”
  2. jester
    • L. L. Zamenhof (translator), Hamleto (Hamlet) by William Shakespeare, Act V, Scene 1,
      Tio ĉi estis la kranio de Jorik, la amuzisto de la reĝo.
      This same skull, sir, was Yorick’s skull, the King’s jester.
    • Bertil Nilsson (translator), Orm la ruĝa (Röde Orm / The Long Ships) by Frans G. Bengtsson, Chapter 9,
      la du amuzistoj de reĝo Harald nun saltis sur la tablon de la reĝo, en buntaj kamizoloj kaj kun plumoj en la haroj
      King Harald’s two jesters now jumped onto the king’s table in multicoloured jerkins and with feathers in their hair