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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
- 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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