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clown 1, noun (oh)




[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Perhaps from French coulon 'someone who settles in a new country', from Latin colonus; COLONY]
someone who wears funny clothes, a red nose, bright make-up on their face etc, and does silly things to make people laugh, especially at a circus
someone who often makes jokes or behaves in a funny way
::Frankie's a bit of a clown.
class clown
(=someone in a school class who behaves in a funny or silly way)
a stupid or annoying person
::I can't understand what she sees in that clown.