Jouteur is a term used mainly at our time in improvisation to appoint the artists who give the Spectacle.

A jouster was also since the Moyen-âge, a participant in the verbal sparring matches.

In 1991, the oulipien Jacques Jouet wrote the z' hurleurs putting in scene four jousters , this play was an order of Catherine Dasté on the versified tournaments vebales .