comedian
noun
co·me·di·an
kə-ˈmē-dē-ən 
1
2
: a comical individual
specifically
: a professional entertainer who uses any of various physical or verbal means to be amusing
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You'll like my friend. He's a real comedian.
struggled to eke out a living as a comedian in nightclubs
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CNN Money, 18 Dec. 2025
Goldberg — who was a stand-up comedian when she was cast in The Color Purple — did not win her Oscar for playing the resilient protagonist Celie, but for her role as the wise-cracking psychic Oda Mae Brown in the 1990 film Ghost.
—Diedre Johnson, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Dec. 2025
In addition to the drugs, blood tests revealed that the comedian had taken the antidepressant Prozac and an antihistamine — but neither of those had contributed to his death, according to the Los Angeles Times.
—Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 18 Dec. 2025
Kirk will be followed by conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, actor and comedian Russell Brand, and conservative commentator Michael Knowles.
—Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Comedian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comedian. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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comedian
noun
co·me·di·an
kə-ˈmēd-ē-ən
1
: an actor who plays in comedy
2
: a comical individual
especially
: a humorous professional entertainer
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