jokester

Derived from joke +‎ -ster.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒəʊkstə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒoʊkstɚ/

jokester (plural jokesters)

1. A person who tells jokes; a joker.
   • 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 5 March 2018:

     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.

2. A person who plays practical jokes.
3. Jester, court jester.