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co·me·di·an  audio  (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.
ETYMOLOGY:
French comédien, player, comedian, from comédie, comedy, from Medieval Latin cmdia ; see comedy


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