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jokester

noun

ˈjōk-stər

as in comedian

a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor hired the hot new Hollywood jokester to write the sitcom script

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Recent Examples of jokester Bizarre behavior, sure, but LeBron is known as a bit of a jokester, so no harm, no foul here. —

Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 25 Apr. 2026 Our actual political landscape, in which government officials are adding journalists to top-secret group chats or running around in wrong-sized shoes as a form of flattery, has too far superseded anything even the most cutting jokester could ever have dreamed up. —

Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026 And, of course, radio jokester and provocateur Stern. —

Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026 There are Jewish jokes and Jewish jokesters and Nazis who torture and kill the jokesters. —

Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for jokester

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comedian

Noun

On Sunday, June 28, comedian and internet personality Druski will host the 2026 BET Awards from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.

— Erin Lassner, HollywoodReporter, 28 June 2026
Adding Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr, Peter Boyle, and Marty Feldman to his stable of comedians, Brooks stayed mostly behind the scenes in this one with only uncredited cameos.

— Rance Collins, Entertainment Weekly, 28 June 2026