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MERRY ANDREW

\mˈɛɹi ˈandɹuː], \mˈɛɹi ˈandɹuː], \m_ˈɛ_ɹ_i_ ˈa_n_d_ɹ_uː]\

Definitions of MERRY ANDREW

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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A buffoon: one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A clown or buffoon.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

One who makes sport for others; a buffoon or clown; to make merry, to be jovial; merry-meeting or making, a meeting for mirth; a festival; merry-thought, the forked bone of the breast of a fowl.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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