pantaloon

[pan-tl-oon] / ˌpæn tlˈun /

NOUN

jester

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clown jokester

STRONG

actor antic buffoon card comedian comic fool harlequin humorist joker prankster trickster wag wit

WEAK

banterer cutup japer larker life of the party practical joker quipster standup comic wisecracker

Example Sentences

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Panoramic, panini press, panorama, pantaloon, palindrome, you get the picture …, n.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2021

I recognize Furne’s name from the pantaloon studies.

From Salon • Apr. 7, 2013

Satirist Ehrenburg also leads his pantaloon pilgrim to some slapstick swipes at Communist literature of the period.

From Time Magazine Archive

Funnyman Will Rogers, the prairie pantaloon, purveyor of bathos to Demos.

From Time Magazine Archive

I was born a young man; I have continued so; and before I end, a pantaloon, a driveller—enough again.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) by Lang, Andrew

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