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A banterer; a jester; a mocker. Wycherley.

JESTER
1. A buffoon; a merry-andrew; a court fool. This . . . was Yorick's skull, the king's jester. Shak. Dressed in the motley garb that jesters wear. Longfellow. 2. A person addicted to jesting, or to indulgence in light and amusing talk. He ambled
BANTERER
One who banters or rallies.
MOCKER
A mocking bird. Mocker nut , a kind of hickory (Carya tomentosa) and its fruit, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider. 2. A deceiver; an impostor.
MOCKERY
1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance. It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery. Shak. Grace at meals