D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Clown

/(kloun)/ · IPA /klaʊn/
01 n. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
  1. 1.
    A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.
  2. 2.
    One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.
    “The clown, the child of nature, without guile.” Cowper.
  3. 3.
    The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.
    “The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere.” Shak.
02 v. i. To act as a clown; -- with it.
  1. 1.
    To act as a clown; -- with it.[Obs.]
    “Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed.” B. Jonson.