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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a professional performer who tells jokes and performs comical acts;
[syn: comedian, comic]

2. an actor in a comedy; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Comedian \Co*me"di*an\, n. [Cf. F. com['e]dien.]
   1. An actor or player in comedy. "The famous comedian,
      Roscius." --Middleton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. A writer of comedy. --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

comedian
    n 1: a professional performer who tells jokes and performs
         comical acts [syn: comedian, comic]
    2: an actor in a comedy