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jokester

noun

ˈjōk-stər

Definition of jokester

as in comedian

a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor hired the hot new Hollywood jokester to write the sitcom script

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Recent Examples of jokester She was described as a jokester, a loving person and someone people often felt safe around, according to her family. — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 June 2026 Once the full Wales family was assembled on the Buckingham Palace balcony, Louis continued his annual tradition of playing jokester. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 13 June 2026 Our actual political landscape, in which government officials are adding journalists to top-secret group chats or running around in wrong-sized shoes as a form of flattery, has too far superseded anything even the most cutting jokester could ever have dreamed up. — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026 In reference to the Sacramento River Cats minor league baseball team, a reader suggested the River Hawks, while one potential jokester pitched the River Rats. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for jokester

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In a TikTok video shared on Monday, June 30, the comedian and podcast host, 34, spoke about getting Dysport, an injectable neurotoxin, in her masseter muscles as a TMJ treatment.

— Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Dozens of people gathered at the courthouse in solidarity with the comedian on Friday, chanting anti‑government slogans, according to the opposition‑leaning newspaper Cumhuriyet.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

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