a person whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes or funny stories （讲笑话或趣事的）滑稽演员 He started out as a stand-up comedian in Liverpool. 他在利物浦出道时是一个单口喜剧演员。
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a person who is funny or thinks they are funny （讲笑话或趣事的）滑稽演员 The speaker was a bit of a comedian, so it was an amusing session. 演讲者有点像喜剧演员，所以这是一场有趣的会议。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a comic playwright): from French comédien, from Old French comedie, via Latin from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmōidos ‘comic poet’, from kōmos ‘revel’ + aoidos ‘singer’. The sense ‘entertainer’ dates from the late 19th cent.