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# comedian

noun (a comedian, comedians)

«comedian» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A comedian is a person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes or doing funny things, on stage, on TV or in films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comedian/#m1)
2. A comedian is also anyone who is always being funny (a class comedian). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comedian/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life comedians perform stand-up comedy or act in funny shows. At school «the class comedian» or «class clown» likes to make others laugh. Phrases: stand-up comedian, a famous comedian, a bit of a comedian.

### Examples

- The comedian told a joke and everyone laughed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comedian/#x1)
- My uncle wants to be a stand-up comedian. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comedian/#x2)
- Charlie Chaplin was a famous comedian in silent films. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comedian/#x3)
- Tom is a bit of a comedian in our class. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comedian/#x4)
- The comedian made funny faces on TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comedian/#x5)
- A good comedian knows when to pause. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comedian/#x6)

### Note

Countable: a comedian, comedians. Stress: co-ME-di-an. Related: comedy, comic. «Comedienne» is an older word for a female comedian; today «comedian» is used for everyone.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «comedian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/comedian/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«comedian» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/comedian.html) on Mova free.