Clown

Definition of Clown

Pronunciation: kloun

n.	1.	A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
	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. - Shak.
v. i.	1.	To act as a clown; - with it. Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed. - B. Jonson.

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