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Webster 1913 Edition
Merry-andrew
Mer′ry-an′drew
(mĕr′ry̆-ăn′drṳ)
, Noun.
One whose business is to make sport for others; a buffoon; a zany; especially, one who attends a mountebank or quack doctor.
☞ This term is said to have originated from one
Andrew Borde
, an English physician of the 16th century, who gained patients by facetious speeches to the multitude. Webster 1828 Edition
Merry-andrew
MERRY-AN'DREW
,Noun.