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† coˈmediant Obs.
Also -ent.
[? ad. It. comediante, ppl. n. from comediare ‘to play Comedies’ (Florio), f. comedia comedy.]
= comedian.
1568North tr. Gueuara's Diall of Princes i. xlv. 79 b, Iugglers, comediantes, and minstrels. 1598Sidney's Apol. Poetrie Wks. 504 The signifying badge giuen them by the Comœdient [ed. 1595 comedian]. 1671H. Stubbe Reply 19 The Comediants had not patience to read it. |