CARNY / CARNEY / CARNIE

MEANING: noun:
1. A person who works in a carnival.
2. A carnival: a traveling amusement show.
3. The jargon used by carnival workers.

ETYMOLOGY: Short for carnival, from Italian carnevale, from carnelevare (removal of meat), from carne (flesh) + levare (to remove or lift). A carnival is named so because it was a period of merrymaking before Lent (a season of fasting and penitence before Easter). Earliest documented use: 1931.
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Art CARNEY - the entertainer

CARRIE Fisher - the entertainer

James CAGNEY - the entertainer

Arnold Palmer, a.k.a. ARNIE - the entertainer

Mariah CAREY - the entertainer

Jim CARREY - the entertainer