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comedienne

[ kuh-mee-dee-en, -mey- ]

noun

  1. a woman who is a comic entertainer or actress.


comedienne

/ kəˌmiːdɪˈɛn /

noun

  1. a female comedian Gender-neutral formcomic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Gender Note

What's the difference between comedienne and comedian? See -enne.
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Word History and Origins

Origin of comedienne1

First recorded in 1855–60; from French comédienne; comedi(an) + -enne
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Example Sentences

Commuters at Hackney Wick greeted by fond tribute to the late comedienne.

Or perhaps he has some important things to say about cross-dressing 1990s comedienne Paula Poundstone.

Producer/comedienne Louise Palanker, who was a mentor and benefactor to the Arvizo family, was also there.

Meet the British comedienne poised to take the cringe-comedy throne with her show, Going Native.

The TV comedienne known for her alter ego, Rhoda, says she may only have three months to live.

The aim of the ex-comedienne having been thus far attained, things followed their regular course.

The ex-comedienne had made up her mind that the house of the young couple should become the liveliest place in the world.

The strongest situation possible in the sensational play is that in which the comedienne flags the train or stops the belt.

She was advertised as the Polish comedienne, Mizzi Markis, and the announcements hinted at her royal though remote ancestry.

Was it not the fashion of the day for the actresses to take lovers, or for the fops to have an opera girl or a comedienne?

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