Definitions for humorist
ˈhyu mər ɪst; often ˈyu-hu·morist

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. humorist, humouristnoun

   someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way

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1. Humoristnoun

   One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll; especially, one who writes or tells jokes as a profession.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. humoristnoun

   a person who writes or performs humorous material

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Humoristnoun

   Etymology: humoristo, Italian; humoriste, French.

   1. One who conducts himself by his own fancy; one who gratifies his own humour.

   The wit sinks imperceptibly into an humorist. Spectator.

   The notion of a humorist is one that is greatly pleased, or greatly displeased, with little things; his actions seldom directed by the reason and nature of things. Isaac Watts, Logick.

   This humorist keeps to himself much more than he wants, and gives a vast refuse of his superfluities to purchase heaven. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   2. One who has violent and peculiar passions.

   By a wise and timous inquisition the peccant humours and humorists must be discovered and purged, or cut off: mercy, in such a case, in a king, is true cruelty. Francis Bacon, to Villiers.

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1. Humorist

   A humorist (American) or humourist (British spelling) is an intellectual who uses humor, or wit, in writing or public speaking, but is not an artist who seeks only to elicit laughs. Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business entertainers whose business is to make an audience laugh. It is possible to play both roles in the course of a career.

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1. humorist

   A humorist is a person who writes, performs or specializes in creating content, typically written or spoken, with the primary purpose of amusing others and making people laugh. This can include comedians, writers, cartoonists, or artists who use humor in their work, often making insightful or satirical commentary about society, human behavior, or everyday situations.

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1. Humoristnoun

   one who attributes diseases of the state of the humors

2. Humoristnoun

   one who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways

3. Humoristnoun

   one who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll

4. Etymology: [Cf. F. humoriste.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of humorist in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of humorist in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of humorist in a Sentence

1. Don Herold:

   A humorist is a person who feels bad, but who feels good about it.

2. Will Rogers:

   Youve got to be [an] optimist to be a Democrat, and youve got to be a humorist to stay one.

3. James Thurber:

   The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people --that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

4. James Thurber:

   The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people--that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature.

5. David Litt:

   Maybe Donald Trump is the kind of dry, deadpan humorist who does great material about how terrific dictators are - but if that's the case, he should wait until he retires as president to start breaking out that particular part of his act.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=humorist
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=humorist
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Humorist
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=humorist
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorist
6. ^ ChatGPT
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7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/humorist