| Clown, performer, usually in a circus, who plays the fool, performs practical jokes, and does tricks to make people laugh. Other names for clowns include buffoon, jester, fool, conjurer, mirthmaker, tumbler, gleeman, mime, actor, harlequin, merry counselor, comic, and puppeteer. Although there are many types of clowns, each clown develops a face, meaning a performance personality. A clowns face, once established, becomes the clowns unique personal property. |
