Clown (?), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. klnne clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log block, and E. clump, n.]
1.
A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
Sir P. Sidney.
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.
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Clown, v. i.
To act as a clown; -- with it
[Obs.]
Behrew me, he clowns it properly indeed.
B. Jonson.
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