Definition of "buffoon" []

• A clown; a jester: a court buffoon. (noun)
• A person given to clowning and joking. (noun)
• A ludicrous or bumbling person; a fool. (noun)

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• "This buffoon is the most self-centered idiot I have ever seen or heard."
• "This ignorant buffoon is a huge embarassment to his state and this country."
• "Joe Wilson is a boring buffoon from a district where the federal pork barrel has been flowing for years but, that could stop in a hurry with such an idiot representing the district."