Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A professional entertainer who tells jokes or performs various other comic acts.
- n. An actor in comedy.
- n. A writer of comedy.
- n. A person who amuses or tries to be amusing; a clown.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who acts or plays parts in a comic drama, whether male or female.
- n. An actor or player generally.
- n. A writer of comedy; a comic dramatist.
Wiktionary
- n. An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.
- n. by extension Any person who is characteristically humorous or amusing.
- n. A writer of comedy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. An actor or player in comedy.
- n. A writer of comedy.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an actor in a comedy
- n. a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Etymologies
- From Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidia, "comedy"). (Wiktionary)
- French comédien, player, comedian, from comédie, comedy, from Medieval Latin cōmēdia; see comedy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Does Brian Stelter ponder why a comedian is the preeminent fact-checker of FOX News?”
“Dems nest in Maryland, where there's a Starbucks on every comer and a pistol is what they call comedian Mark Russell.”
“Oh yeah, that's what we call a comedian these days.”
“We all know when a comedian is joking, and when someone is actually threateningviolence.”
“So Dems let's see, 7 Democratic Senators voted to keep funding ACORN and their child prostitution rings and a comedian is one of the Senators from MN; do you really want to talk about who's qualified and who's not?”
“Senator – a freakin comedian hack talk show loser?”
Think Progress » Lieberman Begins To Distance Himself From The Health Care Bill That He Crafted
“The comedian is best known for performing as a schlubby, dazed sidekick.”
The Washington Post: Zach Galifianakis smokes a joint on Bill Maher's show (Video)
“But it's too bad that Jon Stewart, the liberal comedian, is putting anti-war activists, tea partiers and black bloc anarchists in the same bag.”
The Huffington Post: Medea Benjamin: Dear Jon, Sane People Protest Crazy Wars
“Steve Harvey, while a terrific comedian, is too old, too big and not quite super-silly enough.”
“The comedian is a moral Nihilist which means he does not believe that morals exist rather than believing nothing had meaning.”
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