simpleton

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He was a soldier simpleton who appeared in comic drawings about life in the army in the 1890s.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

And not in the simpleton type of way.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

As the simpleton Lymon, Fisher occasionally goes too hokey, especially when it comes to his Southern drawl, but is endearing nonetheless with his dopey physicality and witless expressions.

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022

He may have been seen as a visionary by a few, but many more dismissed him as a simpleton.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 2020

The king's own fool, the pie-faced simpleton called Moon Boy, danced about on stilts, all in motley, making mock of everyone with such deft cruelty that Sansa wondered if he was simple after all.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin