is a specific kind of: entertainer.

is a broader term that covers: lampooner, parodist | punster | ironist, ridiculer, satirist | card, wag, wit.

instances of which are: Benchley, Robert Benchley, Robert Charles Benchley | Clemens, Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens | Lardner, Ring Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer Lardner | Leacock, Stephen Butler Leacock, Stephen Leacock | Edward Lear, Lear | Don Marquis, Donald Robert Perry Marquis, Marquis | Rogers, Will Rogers, William Penn Adair Rogers | Henry Wheeler Shaw, Josh Billings, Shaw | James Grover Thurber, James Thurber, Thurber.

derivation: humor, humour, sense of humor, sense of humour | humor, humour | humor, humour, wit, witticism, wittiness.