Definition of Humorist

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Humorist

One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.

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

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

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Humorist Quotations

It's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.
Will Rogers

Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out.
Ambrose Bierce

I'm not a comic. I'm a humorist.
Dick Gregory

The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.
Peter De Vries

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.
James Thurber

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

Humorist Translations

humorist in Spanish is humorista

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