humorist
noun
, ˈyü-\
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card, comedian, comic, droll, farceur, funnyman, gagger, gagman, gagster, jester, joker, jokester, wag, wit
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The humorist Finley Peter Dunne used it in 1893, when a character assesses two replicas of Irish villages at the Chicago World’s Fair. — Ben Zimmer, WSJ, "What ‘Debunking’ Owes to a 1923 Novel and Buncombe County, N.C.," 4 Jan. 2019 But my favorite writer at that time was Flann O’Brien, the great Irish humorist. — New York Times, "Niall Ferguson: By the Book," 11 Jan. 2018 His illustrations, one-liners, and miniature line poems caught the attention of almost 600,000 followers—including humorists, comedians, and artists like Patton Oswalt, Will Arnett, and Mara Wilson. — Nojan Aminosharei, Harper's BAZAAR, "Jonny Sun Knows That Twitter Can Still Be The Internet's Good Place," 22 Oct. 2018 Ward, though little-known today, was a highly popular American humorist whose work influenced Mark Twain. — Carole Goldberg, courant.com, "Storytelling Champ Matthew Dicks At RJ Julia, Psychotherapist Talks Women's Friendships," 20 June 2018 The late humorist Art Buchwald won a breach of contract lawsuit after demonstrating to a judge's satisfaction that the original idea for the movie was his, not Murphy's. — Amber Ferguson, chicagotribune.com, "Before Wakanda, there was Zamunda: Eddie Murphy's 'Coming to America' turns 30," 29 June 2018 The presence of these same needs and fears almost universally accounts for the success of these particular individuals as humorists. — Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, "Learning to Be Funny," 9 July 2018 Ecstatic, the teen sat just a few feet away from the star of the show, his unlikely hero: a middle-aged political humorist and YouTube celebrity Daniel Samper. — Rebekah F. Ward, The Christian Science Monitor, "How laughter brought more voters to the polls in Colombia," 3 July 2018 Sedaris — notorious for his humor and biting social commentary — is a New York Times bestselling American author, humorist, comedian and radio contributor. — Denise Davidson, sandiegouniontribune.com, "David Sedaris returns with his sharp satirical eye intact," 17 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'humorist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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