n. A person who writes farces, or who performs in them
n. A farcical comedian
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A writer or player of farces; a joker; a wag.
Word Usage
"Shephard and Rennison note that Innes belongs to what the novelist and critic Julian Symons once called the “farceur” school of English detective fiction, a group of books that often have improbable characters and over-the-top plots."