Definition of Clown

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Definition of Clown

Clown

A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.

One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.

The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.

To act as a clown; -- with it.

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Clown Quotations

I had a friend who was a clown. When he died, all his friends went to the funeral in one car.
Steven Wright

I see myself as an intelligent, sensitive human, with the soul of a clown which forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
Jim Morrison

I think of myself as an intelligent, sensitive human being with the soul of a clown which always forces me to blow it at the most important moments.
Jim Morrison

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright Brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
Carl Sagan

By blood a king, in heart a clown.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
Charlie Chaplin

Dare to wear the foolish clown face.
Frank Sinatra

If by chance some day you're not feeling well and you should remember some silly thing I've said or done and it brings back a smile to your face or a chuckle to your heart, then my purpose as your clown has been fulfilled.
Red Skelton

It wouldn't be right for me to clown around when I'm painting a president.
Norman Rockwell

You never really meet a human being until you live with them or know them for awhile, so this is my clown and they understand that and so these interviews don't bother them.
Shia LaBeouf

Clown Translations

clown in Afrikaans is nar
clown in Dutch is clown, paljas, pias
clown in French is clown, clownesque
clown in German is Faxenmacher
clown in Latin is fossor
clown in Spanish is payaso

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