Approach finish in anger, regularly showing female wit

• Ellen DeGeneres, e.g
• She's funny, giving invitation to eat about middle of Lent
• A female actor in a comedy
• Margaret Cho, e.g
• A female comedian
• Bea Lillie, e.g
• Arrive and eat, squeezing in French entertainer

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1860, from French comédienne , fem. of comédien (see comedian ).

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And so did Lynne's stage career - first as a singer and then as a comedienne . ▪ But Merseyside comedienne Pauline Daniels is getting ready to be a kid again. ▪ Madonna has done it, followed by Isabella Adjani and comedienne ...