Definition of harlequin

• n. - A buffoon, dressed in party-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy.
• n. i. - To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
• v. t. - Toremove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick.