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diseur

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di⋅seur

[dee-zur; Fr. dee-zœr]
–noun, plural -seurs [-zurz; Fr. -zœr] .
a male professional entertainer who performs monologues.

Origin:
< F: lit., speaker, OF, equiv. to dis- (s. of dire < L dīcere; see diction ) + -eur -eur
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di·seur   (dē-zûr', -zɶr')   
n.  A man who is a skilled and usually professional performer of monologues.

[French, from Old French, from dire, dis-, to say, from Latin dīcere; see diction.]
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