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comedian definition

co·medi·an (kə mē′dē ən)

noun

  1. an actor who plays comic parts
  2. an entertainer who tells jokes, sings comic songs, etc.
  3. a person who amuses others by behaving in a comic way
  4. Rare a writer of comedy

Etymology: Fr comédien: see comedy

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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