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comedian

co·me·dian

UK/kəˈmiː.di.ən/ US/kʌˈmidiʌn/ fairly common

noun

1.

a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts

Synonyms
2.

an actor in a comedy

Origin

From French comédien, from comédie + -ien, from Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía). By surface analysis, comed(y) + -ian.

Phrases

  • prop comedian

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