#humorist__humourist someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way
supertype: #entertainer a person who tries to please or amuse
instance: #Robert_Charles_Benchley #Samuel_Langhorne_Clemens #Ringgold_Wilmer_Lardner #Stephen_Butler_Leacock #Edward_Lear #Donald_Robert_Perry_Marquis #William_Penn_Adair_Rogers #Henry_Wheeler_Shaw #James_Grover_Thurber
subtype: #parodist__lampooner mimics literary or musical style for comic effect
subtype: #caricaturist someone who parodies in an exaggerated manner
instance: #Sir_Henry_Maxmilian_Beerbohm__Beerbohm__Max_Beerbohm
subtype: #punster someone overly fond of making puns
subtype: #satirist__ironist a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm
instance: #Juvenal__Decimus_Junius_Juvenalis #Francois_Rabelais__Rabelais #Jonathan_Swift__Swift__Dean_Swift
subtype: #wag__wit__card (informal) a witty amusing person who makes jokes
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