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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Comedian \Co*me"di*an\, noun [Cf. F. com['e]dien.]
1. An actor or player in comedy. ''The famous comedian, Roscius.'' --Middleton.
2. A writer of comedy. --Milton. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
comedian
noun
1: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts [syn: {comic}]
2: an actor in a comedy
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "comedian": banana, buffoon, burlesquer, card, caricaturist, choreographer, clown, comedienne, comic, cutup, dramatist, dramatizer, dramaturge, droll, epigrammatist, farcer, farceur, farceuse, farcist, fool, funnyman, gag writer, gagman, gagster, genteel comedian, hoke comic, humorist, ironist, jester, joke writer, joker, jokesmith, jokester, lampooner, librettist, light comedian, low comedian, madcap, melodramatist, mimographer, monodramatist, parodist, play doctor, play fixer, playwright, playwriter, prankster, punner, punster, quipster, reparteeist, satirist, scenario writer, scenarioist, scenarist, scriptwriter, slapstick comedian, stand-up comic, tragedian, wag, wagwit, wisecracker, wit, witling, zany
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