figurante
Americannoun
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a ballerina who does not perform solo.
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a female performer with no spoken lines.
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The young figurante frequently stretched out her arms and knelt down as if to invoke some invisible being.
From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell
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 A. Turnbull
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 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 W. H. Davenport Adams
The poor figurante must devote years of incessant toil to her profitless task before she can shine in it.
From Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance by Samuel Smiles
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