entertainer

C1937
concept

An entertainer is a person who performs acts such as music, comedy, drama, or other artistic expressions to engage, amuse, or captivate an audience.

All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
entertainer canonical 122
performer 75
cabaret performer 32

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: entertainer
Generated description
An entertainer is a person who performs acts such as music, comedy, drama, or other artistic expressions to engage, amuse, or captivate an audience.

Instances (290)

Instance Via concept surface
Wayne Brady improviser
Borrah Minevitch
Gussy Holl cabaret performer
Honey Harlow
Bruce Forsyth
Carl Michael Bellman performer
Matthew Sharp performer
Vernon Castle
Odette Myrtil cabaret performer
Creole Goddess
surface form: Josephine Baker
Castelnaud-la-Chapelle, Dordogne, France
surface form: Josephine Baker
Nathaniel Adams Coles
Professor Marvel showman
Freda Josephine McDonald
Charles Chaplin Sr. music hall entertainer
Sid Grauman showman
Leslie Townes Hope
Neil Callaghan performer
Patti Palmer
Rufus Thomas
Emmy Hennings performer
Johnnie Ray performer
Louise Weber cabaret performer
Yemi Eberechi Alade performer
Har Mar Superstar performer
DJ entertainment profession
Nilaja Obabi performer
Sulaiman El-Hadi performer
Vic Damone
Buddy Greco nightclub entertainer
Kevin Murphy performer
Greg Page (musician)
surface form: Greg Page
children's entertainer
David Nelson performer
Machel Montano performer
Edgar Bergen ventriloquist
Elizabeth Cohen
surface form: Betty Comden
performer
Max Ehrlich cabaret performer
Sylvia Ashley showgirl
Basya Cohen
surface form: Betty Comden
performer
Morton Downey
Derek Bailey improviser
Imelda May performer
MC Hammer
Alecia Beth Moore performer
Kenny Lynch
Helmut Lotti performer
Helene Fischer
Clara Schumann (as dedicatee and performer)
surface form: Clara Schumann
concert performer
Chris Kirkpatrick
Ken Groves ventriloquist