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comedian
CEFRB1
/kəˈmiː.di.ən/
noun
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A person who makes people laugh as a performer.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA person who performs in theatrical plays.
Examples
She is not so much a singer as a comedian.
The audience laughed at the comedian's wit.
At a glance
Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 5
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 5
- Synonyms
- 5
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsAny person who is humorous or amusing, either characteristically or on a particular occasion.
An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.
A writer of comedies.
More examples
In contextThat comedian is very funny.
1714, Susanna Centlivre, The Wonder, London: E. Curll and A. Bettesworth, Preface, I Don’t pretend to write a Preface, either to point out the Beauties, or to excuse the Errors, a judicious Reader may possibly discover in the following Scenes, but to give tho...
1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, London: Whitestone et al., Volume 3, Lecture 47, p. 377, […] the Dramatic Author, in whom the French glory most, and whom they justly place at the head of all their Comedians, is, the famous Moliere.
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Origin
noun
From French comédien, from comédie + -ien, from Old French comedie, from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía). By surface analysis, comed(y) + -ian.