Example Sentences

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An English commoner dons the armor of a dead jouster and, with the help of friends, competes against nobles in 14th-century France.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019

He said he was pleased to present a more robust than usual image of the Tudor king, whom he described as an expert sportsman, jouster, hunter and archer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2015

Your definition would include somebody spending an hour of putting on a suit of armor if he’s going to be a jouster.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2013

We’re in a press room at Madison Square Garden, where Shane Adams, the show’s genial ringmaster and a champion jouster himself, has arranged to put on a demonstration at halftime during a bull-riding event.

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2012

A good jouster, like Lancelot or Tristram, always used the blow of the point, because, although it was liable to miss in unskilful hands, it made contact sooner.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White