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COMEDIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts
Synonyms:
comedian; comic
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("comedian" is a kind of...):
performer; performing artist (an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "comedian"):
buffoon; clown; goof; goofball; merry andrew (a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior)
comedienne (a female comedian)
gagman; standup comedian (a comedian who uses gags)
joker; jokester (a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes)
top banana (the leading comedian in a burlesque show)
Instance hyponyms:
Dudley Moore; Dudley Stuart John Moore; Moore (English actor and comedian who appeared on television and in films (born in 1935))
Herbert Marx; Marx; Zeppo (United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1901-1979))
Arthur Marx; Harpo; Marx (United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1893-1964))
Chico; Leonard Marx; Marx (United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961))
Groucho; Julius Marx; Marx (United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977))
Martin; Steve Martin (United States actor and comedian (born in 1945))
Arthur Stanley Jefferson Laurel; Laurel; Stan Laurel (United States slapstick comedian (born in England) who played the scatterbrained and often tearful member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1890-1965))
Harry Lauder; Lauder; Sir Harry MacLennan Lauder (Scottish ballad singer and music hall comedian (1870-1950))
Buster Keaton; Joseph Francis Keaton; Keaton (United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966))
Bob Hope; Hope; Leslie Townes Hope (United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003))
Alfred Hawthorne; Benny Hill; Hill (risque English comedian (1925-1992))
Hardy; Oliver Hardy (United States slapstick comedian who played the pompous and overbearing member of the Laurel and Hardy duo who made many films (1892-1957))
Fields; W. C. Fields; William Claude Dukenfield (United States comedian and film actor (1880-1946))
Durante; Jimmy Durante (United States comedian remembered for his large nose and hoarse voice (1893-1980))
Chaplin; Charlie Chaplin; Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977))
Caesar; Sid Caesar; Sidney Caesar (United States comedian who pioneered comedy television shows (born 1922))
Burns; George Burns; Nathan Birnbaum (United States comedian and film actor (1896-1996))
Benjamin Kubelsky; Benny; Jack Benny (United States comedian known for his timeing and delivery and self-effacing humor (1894-1974))
Sense 2
Meaning:
An actor in a comedy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("comedian" is a kind of...):
actor; histrion; player; role player; thespian (a theatrical performer)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "comedian"):
comedienne (a female actor in a comedy)
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