Definition of "comédienne" [comedienne]

• A woman professional entertainer who tells jokes or performs various other comic acts. (noun)

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• "But if [the Human Rights Campaign] thinks that having a rally at Freedom Plaza with a comedienne is the right approach, I have to wonder."
• "Well known as a comedienne in New Zealand and Canada, where she has lived since the 1990s, is Deborah Filler, daughter of Holocaust survivors."
• "The comedienne is a Saturday Night Live alum and also appeared on the cult TV hit Arrested Development."