funnyman

[fuhn-ee-man]

noun

plural

funnymen 

1. a comedian or humorist.

Word History and Origins

Origin of funnyman¹

First recorded in 1840–50; funny ¹ + man

Example Sentences

A comedian who was touring with superstar funnyman Katt Williams was fatally shot last week in Mississippi.

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The 82-year-old funnyman was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2013 and announced his retirement from comedy five years later, telling the BBC his "art is his life now".

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In Bruce Graham’s “Funnyman,” at Chicago’s Northlight Theatre in 2015, he played a comic cast in a serious play, breaking out of typecasting.

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The 29-year-old funnyman will perform at Fresno’s Save Mart Arena on April 12 before heading south for an April 13 show at San Diego’s Viejas Arena.

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Pally, the journeying funnyman from many sitcoms, including “The Mindy Project” and the “Sonic the Hedgehog” world, is zooming from a hotel room in Paris, where the night before he was flipping out watching his new pal defeat Serbia at the Olympics.

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