Archaic a clown or buffoon
Origin of merry-andrew
merry + Andrew: origin, originally uncertainmerry-andrew
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merry-andrew
noun
A clown; a buffoon.
Origin of merry-andrew
merry the name AndrewTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural Merry Andrews)
Origin
Originally associated with a specific act at Bartholomew Fair; later said to have come from the name of Andrew Boorde.
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