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Definition of: clown
(kloun) noun
1. A professional buffoon in a play or circus, who entertains by antics, jokes, tricks, etc.; a zany; a jester.
2. A coarse or vulgar fellow; boor.
3. A countryman.
—v.i. To behave like a clown. [Earlier cloune <MLG. Cf. Du. kloen, dial. Frisian klönne]
—clown′er·y noun
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