People who entertain others by telling jokes and performing funny acts to make them laugh.
From Greek 'komoidia' combining 'komos' (revel) and 'oide' (song), originally Greek theatrical performances meant to parody serious tragedies, entering English through Latin and French.
Ancient Greek comedians performed in competitions where they literally tried to out-funny each other—the tradition of roasting and one-upping jokes is literally 2,500 years old, making comedy perhaps humanity's oldest competitive sport!
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