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   co·me·di·an

   /kəˈmēdēən/

   noun

   • 1. an entertainer whose act is designed to make an audience laugh: "they sat watching an Irish comedian telling jokes" Similar comicfunny manfunny womancomediennecomedy actor/actresshumoristgagsterstand-uptummlerfarceur
   • ▪ a comic actor.
   • ▪ an amusing or entertaining person: "he's a real comedian, this fellow" Similar jokerjesterwitwagcomicwisecrackerpunnerjokesterpranksterclownfoolbuffooninformal:laughhootcasecharacteroneinformal, dated:cardcautionsketchyellinformal:hard case

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting a comic playwright): from French comédien, from Old French comedie (see comedy). The sense ‘entertainer’ dates from the late 19th century.

   Scrabble Points: 13

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