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Webster 1913 Edition
Clown
Clown
(kloun)
, Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
klunni
a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. klönne
clown, dial. Sw. klunn
log, Dan. klunt
log, block, and E. clump
, n.] 1.
A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
Sir P. Sidney.
2.
One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
The
clown
, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper.
3.
The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
The
clown
shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o’the sere. Shakespeare
Clown
,Verb.
I.
To act as a clown; – with it.
[Obs.]
Beshrew me, he
clowns
it properly indeed. B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Clown
CLOWN
,Noun.