Definition of "comedian" []

• A professional entertainer who tells jokes or performs various other comic acts. (noun)
• An actor in comedy. (noun)
• A writer of comedy. (noun)
• A person who amuses or tries to be amusing; a clown. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Does Brian Stelter ponder why a comedian is the preeminent fact-checker of FOX News?"
• "Dems nest in Maryland, where there's a Starbucks on every comer and a pistol is what they call comedian Mark Russell."
• "Oh yeah, that's what we call a comedian these days."