comedian

[kuh-mee-dee-uhn]

noun

1. a professional entertainer who amuses by relating anecdotes, acting out comical situations, engaging in humorous repartee, etc.

2. an actor in comedy.

3. a writer of comedy.

4. any comical or amusing person.

comedian

/ kəˈmiːdɪən /

noun

1. an entertainer who specializes in jokes, comic skits, etc

2. an actor in comedy

3. an amusing or entertaining person: sometimes used ironically

Word History and Origins

Origin of comedian¹

1575–85; < Middle French comediain; comedy, -ian

Example Sentences

Making the comedian a traitor was exactly the kind of brilliant casting decision we were hoping for.

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“What I don’t like hearing is ‘We can’t find anyone,’” she said before putting her stamp of approval on a few comedians, including one of her staff members:

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Writing in a new book titled The Big Payback, the comedian supports the case for the UK government to give £18 trillion in compensatory payments.

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Plenty of comedians declined to take their acts to Riyadh.

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"So far I've not seen one of the comedians raise these issues, not just on stage but on social media or anywhere," Joey Shea, Saudi Arabia researcher at Human Rights Watch, told BBC News.

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Related Words

• actor 
• clown 
• comic 
• entertainer 
• humorist