Usually means: Performer using humor, makeup, costume.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word clown:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. clown: Merriam-Webster
  2. clown: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. clown: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. clown: Collins English Dictionary
  5. clown: Vocabulary.com
  6. Clown, clown: Wordnik
  7. clown: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. clown: Wiktionary
  9. clown: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. clown: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. clown: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Clown, clown: Dictionary.com
  13. clown: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. clown: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Clown (Korn song), Clown (Twelfth Night), Clown (comics), Clown (disambiguation), Clown (film), Clown, The Clown (Conway Twitty song), The Clown (album), The Clown (novel), The Clown (short story), The Clown: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Clown: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. clown: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. clown: Rhymezone
  19. Clown (m), clown, clown, clown (de), clown (m): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. clown: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. clown: FreeDictionary.org
  22. clown: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. clown: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. clown: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clown: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. clown: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. CLOWN: Acronym Finder
  3. clown: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Clown (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. clown, clown: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Clown (verb), The Clown: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See clowned as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig.
noun:  A person who acts in a silly fashion.
noun:  A stupid person.
noun:  (obsolete) A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor.
noun:  (obsolete) One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel.
noun:  A clownfish.
verb:  (intransitive) To act in a silly or playful fashion.
verb:  (transitive, African-American Vernacular) To ridicule, make fun of.

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