comedist
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comedist
Example Sentences
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All these people see themselves as morally normal -- and playwright Alan Ayckbourn, Britain's leading comedist, plainly thinks they are.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ability to find humor in unlikely places, then shift emotional gears with no machinery showing, makes Simon a great comedist.
From Time Magazine Archive
The question is not exactly new, but it has rarely been posed more deftly and disarmingly than in the 21st work of the wistful comedist A.R.
From Time Magazine Archive
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