Court jester
Joker and court jester are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Joker" instead a noun phrase "Court jester".
Joker
Joker noun - A person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor.
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- Horrorcore rapper/singer The Jokerr raps from the perspective of a medieval court jester imprisoned in a dungeon for twenty years with a red costume patterned after a joker playing card to match, he has recorded a large amount of songs unrelated to his persona though.
Source: Kayfabe Music -
Her original duds stuck closely to the court jester gimmick (matching the Joker's clown gimmick), and they were red and black to emphasize her evil allegiance, and to match the Joker's playing card theme.
Source: Significant Wardrobe Shift - Now powerless Batmite is tormented by an Imp version of the Joker, Jokermite; Forced to Watch his hero be killed mercilessly over and over again in different painful methods and be humiliated and demoted to Court Jester all the while plagued by the knowledge that this is all his fault.
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