Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Humorist

Humorist , noun

[Compare French humoriste.]

1.
(Medicine) One who attributes diseases of the state of the humors. [archaic]
2.
One who has some peculiarity or eccentricity of character, which he indulges in odd or whimsical ways.
He [Roger de Coverley]... was a great humorist in all parts of his life. — Addison
3.
One who displays humor in speaking or writing; one who has a facetious fancy or genius; a wag; a droll; especially, one who writes or tells jokes as a profession.
The reputation of wits and humorists. — Addison