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• n  someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way

• He was the most remarkable of the founding fathers: in his time, he was America's best scientist, inventor, diplomat, humorist and business strategist.
• He was a humoristperhaps the greatest.
• Radio humorist Fred Allen famously said that imitation is the sincerest form of television.

• humourist

News & Articles

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• Beer gear perfect for dad
  Humorist Dave Barry has said, 'the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. The wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.'
  June 9, 2013 - Lansing State Journal
• Stock up on beer gear for Father's Day
  Humorist Dave Barry has said, 8220The greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. The wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.8221Ben Franklin considered beer nectar from heaven. 8220Beer is proof that God wants us to be happy,8221 he said.
  June 7, 2013 - Times Leader
• Literary rock star David Sedaris headed to Melbourne
  This space is usually devoted to rock stars, but it would be fair to consider writer and humorist David Sedaris a rock star of the literary set.        
  June 7, 2013 - Orlando Sentinel

Quotes

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• Stephen Schwarzman in International Herald Tribune
  The work he has created for stage, film and television has made an indelible impression,Kennedy Center Chairman Stephen Schwarzman said Tuesday. "It is the work of not just a humorist but also a humanist."
• Will Rogers in Las Vegas Review-Journal
  There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you,said Will Rogers.
• Ben Bradlee in International Herald Tribune
  Ben Bradlee, former Washington Post executive editor and a friend of Buchwald for 60 years, said in an interview that Buchwald was "the humorist of his generation."