Joker : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Joker	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Joker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
joker n a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes [syn: joker, jokester] a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some joker is blocking the driveway" Synonym(s): joker, turkey an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent; "when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract" a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester
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"[etil]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 [bd]Joker[b8]) 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.