comedienne
noun /kəˌmiːdiˈen/
/kəˌmiːdiˈen/
(old-fashioned)- a woman whose job is to make people laugh by telling jokes or funny storiesWord Originmid 19th cent.: from French comédienne, feminine of comédien, from Old French comedie, via Latin from Greek kōmōidia, from kōmōidos ‘comic poet’, from kōmos ‘revel’ + aoidos ‘singer’.