CLOWN (derived by

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• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

Fuller, in his Worthies, from

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• LAT

Lat. colones, a husbandman; but apparently connected with " clod " and with similar forms in

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• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic and Scandinavian

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languages)  , a rustic, boorish person; the comic character in English panto-mime, always dressed in baggy costume, with face whitened and eccentrically painted, and a tufted wig . The character probably descends from representations of the devil in medieval miracle-plays, developed partly through the stage rustics and partly through the foolsor jesters (also called clowns) of the Elizabethan drama . The whitened face and baggy costume indicate a connexion also with the continental Pierrot . The prominence of the clown in pantomime (q.v.) is a comparatively modern development as compared with that of Harlequin .