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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hyoo-mer-ist or, often, yoo-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhyu mər ɪst or, often, ˈyu-

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Définition of humorist

Origin :
  • 1590s, from humor (n.) + -ist. Perhaps on model of Middle French humoriste.
  • noun comedian
Example sentences :
  • In the zany we see an example of creation; in the humorist, of transmission.
  • Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce
  • The crowd shrieked with laughter at Bursley's only humorist.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 » by Various
  • I had heard him as the humorist on some trivial occasions of debate.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine -- Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 » by Various
  • The humorist accepted the substitution as an additional absurdity.
  • Extract from : « The Booklover and His Books » by Harry Lyman Koopman
  • Franklin must also be classed as the first American humorist.
  • Extract from : « Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin » by Benjamin Franklin
  • It was first known as Pilsbury; then some humorist dubbed it Fliptown.
  • Extract from : « Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska » by Charles Warren Stoddard
  • He is a humorist to the core, and is here writing dramatically.
  • Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
  • De Quincey has been highly praised, both as a humorist and as a logician.
  • Extract from : « Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) » by Leslie Stephen
  • Alf Burnett, the humorist, compared Brownsville to slush ice.
  • Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
  • One of the stories which established Max Adeler's reputation as a humorist.
  • Extract from : « Dulcibel » by Henry Peterson

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