/ kəˈmiːdiən; NAmE / noun
an entertainer who makes people laugh by telling jokes or funny stories
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WORD ORIGIN
late 16th cent. (denoting a comic playwright): from French comédien , from Old French comedie , via Latin from Greek kōmōidia , from kōmōidos comic poet, from kōmos revel + aoidos singer. The sense entertainer dates from the late 19th cent.