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What is a merry-andrew?

What is a merry-andrew? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Alternative spelling of Merry Andrew; clown; buffoon.
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The deal also will go beyond standard marketing efforts, to include pairing fast-food's merry-andrew Ronald McDonald with Shrek and other DreamWorks Animation characters in ads.
The fast-food company's new ad depicts a leaner, meaner merry-andrew who rides a bike, snowboards and shoots hoops with NBA superstar, all in a bid to get kids active.
But his chief delight was in pursuing the profession of a juggler, mountebank, or merry-andrew, among the lowest rabble.
My very breath was arrested when I saw the merry-andrew you made of yourself.
Even the school-boys left the merry-andrew and came to gaze, with wide-open eyes, at this tall, strange-looking old man.
It was his custom when in banter to drop from English to his native brogue like a merry-andrew.

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