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humorist Definition

hu·mor·ist (hyo̵̅o̅mər ist, yo̵̅o̅-)

noun

  1. Archaic a person with a good sense of humor
  2. a person skilled in the expression of humor; esp., a professional writer or teller of amusing stories, jokes, etc.

Etymology: humor + -ist

humorist Related Forms
hu′·mor·is·tic adjective
humorist Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • trust: Tue 31 Jan 6.15 Program 4 John Smith is the avant-garde's most trusted humorist.

Adjective modifier

  • American: W C Fields, 1880 1946, American humorist.
  • great: It takes a truly great humorist to come up with such a figure.
  • Australian: I would like to conclude this paper by paying tribute to an Australian humorist.
  • English: W. C. Sellar, English humorist, teacher America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.
  • other: I suppose that Mark Twain transcends all other American humorists in the universal qualities.
  • foremost: Ten seconds later, I rang the country's foremost medical humorist to ask him to join me.

Modifies a noun

  • gorman: Values dear in management betting strategy the final round humorist dave gorman 's.
  • dave: Values dear in management betting strategy the final round humorist dave gorman's.
humorist Quotes

I did not know I was a humorist. I have never been sure about it. In the middle ages,I should probably have gone about preaching and got myself burned or hanged.

—Jerome,Jerome K(lapka)

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