Synonyms for figurante
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fig-yuh-rant, -rahnt; French fee-gy-rahnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌfɪg yəˈrænt, -ˈrɑnt; French fi güˈrɑ̃t |
Définition of figurante
- As in ballet dancer : noun person who performs graceful dance
- "As a figurante, or dancer in the ballet, at a great theatre," replied the old woman.
- Extract from : « The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 » by George W. M. Reynolds
- On the following day Miss Monroe called upon the manager of the great national theatre where a figurante was required.
- Extract from : « The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 » by George W. M. Reynolds
- His doubts were, however, cleared up:—Ellen Monroe was a figurante and an actress!
- Extract from : « The Mysteries of London, v. 1/4 » by George W. M. Reynolds
- She was a bookbinder's accountant all the day, and in the evening she was a figurante at one of the theatres.
- Extract from : « My First Book: » by Various
- The angel appearing to Jeanne dArc seems to have been modelled from a figurante at the opera.
- Extract from : « Paris and its Story » by Thomas Okey
- Lady Castlemaine, who went by the name of "the lady," was cut by the king in favour of the fruit girl and the figurante.
- Extract from : « The Comic History Of England » by Gilbert Abbott A'Beckett
- The angel appearing to Jeanne d'Arc seems to have been modelled from a figurante at the opera.
- Extract from : « The Story of Paris » by Thomas Okey
- Mademoiselle Deschamps, who was only a figurante, contrived to get on with a salary of only sixteen pounds.
- Extract from : « History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time » by Henry Sutherland Edwards
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