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Figurant - 3 dictionary results

fig⋅u⋅rant

[fig-yuh-rant, -rahnt; Fr. fee-gy-rahn]
–noun
1. a ballet dancer who does not perform solo.
2. a performer with no spoken lines.
fig·u·rant   (fĭg'yə-ränt', -rānt', -räɴ')   
n.  
  1. A member of a corps de ballet who does not perform solos.
  2. A stage performer having no speaking part.

[French, from present participle of figurer, to represent, from Old French, from Latin figūrāre, to form, from figūra, figure; see figure.]

Figurant

Fig"u*rant`\ (? or ?), n. masc. [F., prop. p. pr. of figurer figure, represent, make a figure.] One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part.
Language Translation for : Figurant
Spanish: extra,
German: der, *die Statist(in),
Japanese: エキストラ
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