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How to pronounce comedian in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms comic
Type of performer, performing artist
Has types clown, buffoon, joker, jokester, standup comedian, comedienne, top banana, gagman, merry andrew, goof, goofball
Type Words
Type of player, actor, histrion, thespian, role player
Has types comedienne

Examples of comedian

comedian
That any of this works, ever, is a testament to Atkinson's skills as a comedian.
From the dailyherald.com
Stafford-born comedian Dave Gorman cycled 1,563 miles on his last stand-up tour.
From the expressandstar.com
He was crass, rude, arrogant and for a comedian perhaps he was mostly not funny.
From the orlandosentinel.com
You also may have recognized comedian Norm Macdonald as one of the other voices.
From the omaha.com
You write about a fictional unhappy comedian who finds the path to hope and joy.
From the sacbee.com
This isn't the first time the actor and comedian has coped with health problems.
From the edition.cnn.com
And what inspires the comedian who grew up in a rural village on the southcoast?
From the independent.co.uk
Comedian Russell Kane is currently on a nationwide tour with Posturing Delivery.
From the independent.co.uk
Back in the early 1990s, I was a struggling and poverty stricken young comedian.
From the metro.co.uk
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  • Watchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins, published by DC Comics in 1986 and 1987. Watchmen focuses on six main characters: the Comedian, Doctor Manhattan, the Nite Owl, Ozymandias, Rorschach, and the Silk Spectre. ...
  • Comedian is a 2002 documentary focusing on Jerry Seinfeld that explores the other side of stand-up comedy; that is, the preparation, politics, nerves, creativity, and so on. The film also features an up-and-coming comic named Orny Adams as he struggles to make it in show business. ...
  • The Comedian is a 1957 live television drama written by Rod Serling from a novella by Ernest Lehman, directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Mickey Rooney.
  • (Comedians (Beavis and Butt-head episode)) The following is an episode list for the MTV animated television series Beavis and Butt-head. ...