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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.
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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.]
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