gagstern.
/ˈɡaɡstə/, U.S. /ˈɡæɡstər/ colloquial.
One who makes ‘gags’ or jokes; a gag-writer or comedian.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > deviser of jokes
jokesmith1808
gag-man1928
gagster1935
1935 E. Weekley Something about Words 65 The very modern gagster, at the theatre.
1959 Listener 5 Nov. 797/3 Music-hall gagsters.
1961 Observer 16 July 5/3 He writes his own material (another break with the Bob Hope generation and their teams of gagsters).
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