humourist

Noun

humorist (plural humorists)

1. (archaic, historical) Someone who believes that health and temperament are determined by bodily humours; a humoralist.
2. (obsolete) Someone subject to whims or fancies; an eccentric.
   • She and the duke used to rally me upon my fondness for lord W—m, who was a sort of an humourist, and apt to be in a pet, in which case he would leave the company, and go to bed by seven o'clock in the evening.1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
3. A humorous or witty person, especially someone skilled in humorous writing or performance.
   • Peter, after the manner of man at the breakfast table, had allowed half his kedgeree to get cold and was sniggering over a letter. Sophia looked at him sharply. The only letter she had received was from her mother. Sophia's mother was not a humourist.1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
4. One who studies or portrays the humours of people.