comedienne

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See also: comédienne

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French comédienne.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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comedienne (plural comediennes)

  1. (dated) A female comedian.

Usage notes

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Some consider this word to be an outdated gendered term, preferring to use comedian or comic for women instead.[1][2]

Hypernyms

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Translations

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References

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  1. ^ “actor”, in Guardian and Observer style guide: A‎[1], Guardian Media Group, 2015 February 21 (last accessed)
  2. ^ Fogarty, Mignon (2014 November 12) “You should basically stop using gendered nouns”, in The Washington Post‎[2], Nash Holdings LLC, archived from the original on 2014-11-13

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