go·liard /ˈgoljɚ/
  Gol·iard n.  A buffoon in the Middle Ages, who attended rich men's tables to make sport for the guests by ribald stories and songs.
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  goliard
       n : a wandering scholar in medieval Europe; famed for
           intemperance and riotous behavior and the composition of
           satirical and ribald Latin songs