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Definition of Humorists
1. humorist [n] - See also: humorist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Humorists
Literary usage of Humorists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of American Literature, 1607-1865 by William Peterfield Trent (1908)
"CHAPTER XVIII Humorists (1830-65) IT would scarcely be profitable to enter here
upon a •discussion of the distinction between wit and humour or of the ..."
2. American Literature by Leon Kellner (1915)
"CHAPTER VII THE Humorists 1. GENERAL.—No species of literature is represented in
America with such richness, variety, completeness, and brilliancy as that ..."
3. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"CHAPTER IX Minor Humorists THE eccentric and racy touch of the Civil War humorists"
vanished early in the seventies, and humour underwent a period of ..."
4. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"And more important than these are the Southwestern and the Georgia humorists,
who not only influenced the development of our national humor, ..."
5. Southern Writers: Selections in Prose and Verse by William Peterfield Trent (1905)
"And more important than these are the Southwestern and the Georgia humorists,
who not only influenced the development of our national humor, ..."
6. American Literature by Mildred Cabell Watkins (1894)
"Only two or three of the professional humorists are remembered more than a year
or two, or are known outside of their own locality. ..."
7. The History of French Literature from the Oath of Strasburg to Chanticler by Annie Lemp Konta (1909)
"CHAPTER XXVI THE Humorists AXD THE SATIRISTS A ... of writers who may be classed
as the humorists were Charles Nodier, Xavier de Maistre, Rudolph Toepffer, ..."
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