comedian
noun
[ kəˈmiːdɪən ]
• an entertainer on stage or television whose act is designed to make an audience laugh.
• "they sat watching an Irish comedian telling jokes"
Similar:
comic,
funny man,
funny woman,
comedienne,
comedy actor/actress,
humorist,
gagster,
stand-up,
tummler,
farceur,
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a comic playwright): from French comédien, from Old French comedie (see comedy). The sense ‘entertainer’ dates from the late 19th century.
