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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Joker \Jok"er\, n. 1. One who makes jokes or jests. 2. (Card Playing) See {Rest bower}, under 2d {Bower}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bower \Bow"er\ (bou"[~e]r), n. [G. bauer a peasant. So called from the figure sometimes used for the knave in cards. See {Boor}.] One of the two highest cards in the pack commonly used in the game of euchre. {Right bower}, the knave of the trump suit, the highest card (except the ``Joker'') in the game. {Left bower}, the knave of the other suit of the same color as the trump, being the next to the right bower in value. {Best bower} or {Joker}, in some forms of euchre and some other games, an extra card sometimes added to the pack, which takes precedence of all others as the highest card. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: joker n 1: a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes [syn: {jokester}] 2: a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some joker is blocking the driveway" [syn: {turkey}]
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