"funnyman" meaning in All languages combined

See funnyman on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: funnymen [plural]
Etymology: From funny + -man. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|funny|man}} funny + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|funnymen}} funnyman (plural funnymen)
  1. (informal) comedian Tags: informal Synonyms: funny man Related terms: funnywoman

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "text": "To get the party started a professional funnyman was hired.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988 December 16, Albert Williams, “Club Dates: Bruce Vilanch returns from Hollywood”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "From 1970 to 1974 he was one of the most familiar funnymen in Chicago: by day a heavily promoted personality journalist, by night a \"sit-down comic\" with a devoted following.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian:",
          "text": "As for Jones’s performance as Mandy Cohen, it united two leading facets of the funnyman’s repertoire: his fondness for female impersonation, and his passion for historical revisionism.",
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        }
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        "(informal) comedian"
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    }
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    }
  ],
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    }
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      ]
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  ],
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          "text": "To get the party started a professional funnyman was hired.",
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        },
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian:",
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          "type": "quote"
        }
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}

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