CLOWN (fool, jester, circus clown)
NOUNS
1840 ► CACKLE – the patter of clowns → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
1835 ► MERRY-MAN – a clown, a buffoon, a merry-andrew → Sc. & Eng. dial.
L19.. ► JOEY – a clown → colloq.
1905 ► MERRIMENT – a professional clown; a comical person, one quick at making jokes → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
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