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A chief buffoon, or jester; the chief mimic, who in Roman funeral processions imitated the gait and gestures of the deceased.
Among the Zuni and Hopi peoples of North America: a ceremonial clown who wears a mask daubed with mud.
A member of a Pueblo Indian clown society representing ancestral spirits in rain and fertility ceremonies.