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US
/kəˌmidiˈɛn/
]
[ UK /kəmˌiːdɪˈɛn/ ]
[ UK /kəmˌiːdɪˈɛn/ ]
NOUN
- a female actor in a comedy
- a female comedian
How To Use comedienne In A Sentence
- Well known as a comedienne in New Zealand and Canada, where she has lived since the 1990s, is Deborah Filler, daughter of Holocaust survivors. New Zealand: Modern (Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries).
- She is very funny and is almost worthy to join the pantheon of female comediennes of the Cicely Courtneidge and Beatrice Lillie rank.
- 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. ‘This Is My Mission’
- It has a fascinating article about the all-but-forgotten raunchy Jewish comediennes of the 1950s and early 1960s.
- Her polished delivery and lightness of touch make her one a new generation of female comediennes, one to watch.
- Janina a "comedienne" she had made him feel abashed with her simplicity and enthusiasm. Komediantka. English
- Now she's a comedienne on the BBC, and she explains to the Guardian why she had to move to England to get a laugh.
- “But in the theatre, No. In the theatre all the best comediennes have built up their reputations by burlesquing the correct emotional responses — fear and love and sympathy.” Tender is the Night
- He depicts a comedienne who was not a wildly improvisational good-time girl originating soundbites like a female Oscar Wilde.
- The actress and comedienne is certainly in terrific shape. The Sun