comedian

comedian
noun
  1. an entertainer on stage or television whose act is designed to make an audience laugh
    丑角;滑稽演员
    ■(often ironic)a person who is or thinks themselves to be amusing or entertaining
    (常 讽)有趣的人;自以为有趣的人;丑角式人物
    ■a comic actor
    喜剧男演员
语源
  1. late 16th cent. (denoting a comic playwright): from French comédien, from Old French comedie (see comedy). The sense 'entertainer' dates from the late 19th cent
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