figurante
Americannoun
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a ballerina who does not perform solo.
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a female performer with no spoken lines.
Example Sentences
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The angel appearing to Jeanne d'Arc seems to have been modelled from a figurante at the opera.
From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine
Her listener had drifted from attention to the soft caressing tones of the one time Parisian figurante, whose devotion was so apparent and whose nature required a certain amount of demonstration.
From The Bondwoman by Ryan, Marah Ellis
Mlle. de Camargo presided over the Ch�teau of Berny for some four years, when an obscure figurante of the Opera, Mlle.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
All this was true, except about the French figurante.
From Men's Wives by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Well, I can be a nursery-governess, or I can sing in a chorus; I should make a very decent figurante, or I could go round with baskets.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various
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