jokester
nounUK /ˈd͡ʒəʊkstə/ · US /ˈd͡ʒoʊkstɚ/
Etymology Derived from joke + -ster.
1
A person who tells jokes; a joker.
- Our uncle is always being a jokester and cracking jokes about how much he eats and makes messes.
- Characters commenting on their own predicament as though they were the armchair jokesters of MST3K is almost never as smart as a film’s creative team thinks it is—something for which Urban Legend serves as Exhibit A.2017 October 27, Alex McLevy, “Making a Killing: The Brief Life and Bloody Death of the Post-Scream Slasher Revival”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2018:
2
A person who plays practical jokes; a prankster.
3
Jester, court jester.