comedienne

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See also: comédienne

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French comédienne.

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Noun[edit]

comedienne (plural comediennes)

  1. (dated) A female comedian.

Usage notes[edit]

Some consider this word to be an outdated gendered term, preferring to use comedian or comic for women instead.[1][2]

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References[edit]

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

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