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English Dictionary: Humorist by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
humorist
n
  1. someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way [syn: humorist, humourist]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Humorist \Hu"mor*ist\, n. [Cf. F. humoriste.]
      1. (Med.) One who attributes diseases of the state of the
            humors.
  
      2. One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character,
            which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
  
                     He [Roger de Coverley] . . . was a great humorist in
                     all parts of his life.                        --Addison.
  
      3. One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has
            a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
  
                     The reputation of wits and humorists. --Addison.
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