clown
clown is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper.
- 2.The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. Shak.
- 3.To act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.] Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- acrobat
- and
- bel
- bon
- buffoon
- cap
- caricaturist
- charlatan
- corps
- dandy
- epigrammatist
- esprit
- fool
- gaillard
- green
- guy
- gypsy
- harlequin
- humorist
- jack
- jester
- joker
- life
- madcap
- merry-andrew
- mime
- motley
- mountebank
- pantaloon
- party
- persifleur
- pickle-herring
- practical
- punch
- punster
- scaramouch
- spark
- the
- tumbler
- wag
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is clown.
- What is one who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper called?
- What is the fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. Shak called?
- What is to act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.] Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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