Noun
One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors.
One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt's easy being a humorist when you've got the whole government working for you. Will Rogers
The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people - that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. James Thurber
You've got to be (an) optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one. Will Rogers
Someone who makes you laugh is a comedian. Someone who makes you think and then laugh is a humorist. George Burns
Wit - the salt with which the American humorist spoils his intellectual cookery by leaving it out. Ambrose Bierce
Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn't funny. It's a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it's not a surprise anymore. Garrison Keillor