CLOWN definition: 1. an entertainer who wears funny clothes, has a painted face, and makes people laugh by performing…. Learn more. If you say that someone is a clown, you mean that they say funny things or do silly things to amuse people. He was laughing, the clown of the twosome. Definition of clown noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. an entertainer who wears funny clothes and a large red nose and does silly things to make people laugh. (figurative) Robert was always the class clown (= he did silly things to make the other students laugh). A clown is someone who makes people laugh , like the guy with the red nose and oversize polka dotted tie. It can also be an insult — a rude buffoon can be called a clown.
