/ kəˌmiːdiˈen; NAmE / noun
( old-fashioned ) a female entertainer who makes people laugh by telling jokes or funny stories
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 19th cent.: from French comédienne , feminine of comédien , from Old French comedie , via Latin from Greek kōmōidia , from kōmōidos comic poet, from kōmos revel + aoidos singer.