comediennes

noun

plural of comedienne
as in comedians

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  1. comedians
  2. jokesters
  3. buffoons
  4. clowns
Noun
  • But while many comedians go on to have wildly lucrative careers, that doesn’t seem to be Earthquake’s priority — making people laugh is.
    — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 1 Oct. 2026
  • For local comedians, the growing recognition could help establish Kansas City as a place to develop a career rather than simply a stop between larger comedy markets.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of comedians
Noun
  • There are Jewish jokes and Jewish jokesters and Nazis who torture and kill the jokesters.
    — Cathleen Schine, The New York Review of Books, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The Harvard jokesters’ ad noted that a $10 million reward is being offered for the return of the 13 missing masterpieces that were taken from the Boston museum 35 years ago.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2025
Definition of jokesters
Noun
  • Americans have demonized us as criminals, buffoons, lechers, invaders, criminals and job stealers since the fall of the Alamo.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
  • The two buffoons shave her head, chain her in the basement of a messy remote home and then accuse her of being an alien.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Definition of buffoons
Noun
  • The gasoline shortage has become such a feature of daily life that even clowns at Moscow’s circus have cracked jokes about it.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Because some of them are showing up to the game looking like clowns.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of clowns
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