Definitions
a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Word 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.
Used in a sentence
“It's been my job for many years and taken me to many places, and into many a tight spot, but, on the railway, you'll always find a comedian in the gang, to raise a laugh and keep you going.”
“[…] the quick comedians Extemporally will stage us, and present Our Alexandrian revels;”
“Becky, the nightingale, took the flowers which he threw to her and pressed them to her heart with the air of a consummate comedian.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Joke teller”8 letters
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