Definition of comedian

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co·me·di·an    (k-md-n) KEY  

NOUN:

1. A professional entertainer who tells jokes or performs various other comic acts.
2. An actor in comedy.
3. A writer of comedy.
4. A person who amuses or tries to be amusing; a clown.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French comédien, player, comedian, from comédie, comedy, from Medieval Latin cmdia ; see comedy

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