clownn.[Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. klnne clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log, block, and E. clump, n.]1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an ill-bred person; a boor.(Sir P. Sidney.)2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.()The clown, the child of nature, without guile. (Cowper.)3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.()The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. (Shak.)v. i. To act as a clown; -- with it.()Beshrew me, he clowns it properly indeed. (B. Jonson.)