rare. [f. JEST v. + -EE: cf. JESTER.] One who is the object of a jest; a butt.
1759. Sterne, Tr. Shandy, I. xii. The Mortgager and Mortgagee differ … not more in length of purse, than the Jester and Jestee do in that of memory.
1831. Fraser’s Mag., IV. 180/1. ‘Immense arrogance,’ shout the eclipsed; ‘unprofitable jests,’ grunt the jestees.
