humourist

1. Someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way (synset 110211562)
   is a type of: entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse
   subtypes:

   • lampooner, parodist - mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
   • punster - someone overly fond of making puns
   • ironist, ridiculer, satirist - a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
   • card, wag, wit - a witty amusing person who makes jokes
   specific instances:

   • benchley, robert benchley, robert charles benchley - United States humorist (1889-1945)
   • clemens, mark twain, samuel langhorne clemens - United States writer and humorist best known for his novels about Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn (1835-1910)
   • lardner, ring lardner, ringgold wilmer lardner - United States humorist and writer of satirical short stories (1885-1933)
   • leacock, stephen butler leacock, stephen leacock - Canadian economist best remembered for his humorous writings (1869-1944)
   • edward lear, lear - British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)
   • don marquis, donald robert perry marquis, marquis - humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)
   • rogers, will rogers, william penn adair rogers - United States humorist remembered for his homespun commentary on politics and American society (1879-1935)
   • henry wheeler shaw, josh billings, shaw - United States humorist who wrote about rural life (1818-1885)
   • james grover thurber, james thurber, thurber - United States humorist and cartoonist who published collections of essays and stories (1894-1961)
   same as: humorist

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