‖ comédienne
(kɔmedjɛn)
Also comedienne.
[Fr., fem. of comédien comedian.]
a. A comedy actress. b. A female comedian.
| 1860 G. Vandenhoff Dram. Reminisc. v. 73 And the position was soon conceded to her of the first comédienne on the English stage. 1903 A. Bennett Leonora vii. 185 Miss Milly wants me to talk you round about her going in for the stage... I just happened to say I thought she was a born comédienne. 1945 L. Lane How to become a Comedian xviii, What grand comediennes Elsie and Doris Waters are, and Revnell and West—woe betide any comedian who has to follow them on any programme without an interval between. 1958 Oxf. Mail 22 July 6/8 Welsh comedienne Gladys Morgan was in fine form with her individual and eccentric brand of comedy. 1969 Listener 23 Jan. 125/3 Barbra Streisand is captivating as the 1920s Ziegfeld comedienne, Fanny Brice. |