Humorist

Alternative forms

• humourist

Full definition of humorist

Noun

1. A person who writes or performs humorous material.
• 1922, w, The Cuckoo in the Nest Chapter 1, Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.