Thesaurus: clown

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1. n. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
2. n. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
3. n. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
4. v. i. To act as a clown; -- with it.
5. n. a rude or vulgar fool
6. n. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior
7. v. act as or like a clown
8. 1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney. 2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl. The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper. 3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc. The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. Shak. To act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.] Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson.
9. To act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.]Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson.
10. v:8/n:92 n. a rude or vulgar fool n. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior v. act as or like a clown