Figurante
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Figurante is a noun meaning (dated) A female figurant, especially a ballet dancer.
Meaning
(dated) A female figurant, especially a ballet dancer.
Example Sentences
Gradually the hedges and fields give way before long rows of houses; and a few single domiciles, with plats of turf cut into patterns, and bunches of daisies dusty and dry as if just dropped from the wreath of a figurante, are what the orientals call so pleasant and rural, so convenient for stages and Sunday.
Word Forms
- figurantes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include balladine, gallerina, baladin, showgirl, balladin, vedette.
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