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 young figurante frequently extended her arms and threw herself on her knees, as if in invocation of some unseen power.
From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport
Mademoiselle Prévost, alarmed at such a triumph, intrigued with such success that Mademoiselle de Camargo was soon forced to fall back to the position of a mere figurante.
From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various
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
My dear Friend, *** My exertions here have been incessant, for in whatever company I go, I am obliged to be the figurante of the circle.
From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.
Their malignant modesty does not deserve the respect of an intelligent figurante.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 by Various
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