See jester in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
A person whose words or actions provoke or are intended to provoke amusement or laughter:
clown, comedian, comic, farceur, funnyman, humorist, joker, jokester, quipster, wag2, wit, zany. (Informal) card. See laughter
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