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Definitions for: Comedian [n] a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comic acts
[n] an actor in a comedy
Webster (1913) Definition: Co*me"di*an, n. [Cf. F. com['e]dien.]
1. An actor or player in comedy. ``The famous comedian,
Roscius.'' --Middleton.
2. A writer of comedy. --Milton.
Synonyms: comic
See Also: actor, Alfred Hawthorne, Arthur Marx, Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel, Benny Hill, Bob Hope, buffoon, Burns, Buster Keaton, Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Chico, clown, comedienne, Dudley Moore, Dudley Stuart John Moore, Durante, Fields, gagman, George Burns, Groucho, Hardy, Harpo, Harry Lauder, Herbert Marx, Hill, histrion, Hope, Jimmy Durante, joker, jokester, Joseph Francis Keaton, Julius Marx, Keaton, Lauder, Laurel, Leonard Marx, Leslie Townes Hope, Martin, Marx, merry andrew, Moore, Nathan Birnbaum, Oliver Hardy, performer, performing artist, player, role player, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder, Stan Laurel, standup comedian, Steve Martin, thespian, top banana, W. C. Fields, William Claude Dukenfield, Zeppo
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