From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcomedianco‧me‧di‧an /kəˈmiːdiən/ ●●○ noun [countable] 1 BOAPJOKEsomeone whose job is to tell jokes and make people laugh He started as a stand-up comedian (=someone who tells jokes to an audience).2 APsomeone who is amusing You’ll like Matt. He’s a real comedian.
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comedian• Maybe he ought to be trying to make it as a comedian.• He is so much more than a comedian.• Circus performers, magicians and comedians will round out the entertainment.• Dan was always trying to be the class comedian.• It wasn't just a matter of meeting an old comedian.• The whole world, the whole of society was there for the comedians to plunder.• The comedian was not officially notified until about an hour later.stand-up comedian• That double standard was the underbelly of every easy laugh stand-up comedians got when they did hooker jokes.• Robert Benchley, a writer turned stand-up comedian who pioneered television-type comedy in his short films. 