What is another word for "esprit"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "esprit": acrobat, age, and, authority, bel, bigwig, bon, buffoon, cap, caricaturist, charlatan, clown, corps, dandy, emeritus, epigrammatist, expert, fool, fort, gaillard, genius, green, guy, gypsy, harlequin, humorist, intellectual, jack, jester, joker, learning, life, light, luminary, madcap, man, master, merry-andrew, mime, mind.