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CLOWN (derived by Fuller, in his Worthies, from Lat. colones, a husbandman; but apparently connected with " clod " and with similar forms in Teutonic and Scandinavian languages) , a rustic, boorish person; the comic character in English
mime
face whitened and eccentrically painted, and a tufted wig. The character probably descends from representations of the devil in medieval miracle-plays, developed
face and baggy costume indicate a connexion also with the continental
Pierrot
modern
Harlequin
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