improvisator
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of improvisator
Example Sentences
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Bonaparte understood the art of holding his audience in suspense, and keeping them in breathless attention, quite as well as an improvisator of the Place of St. Mark or of Toledo Street.
From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
The name of Eug�ne Scribe, an incessant improvisator during forty years, from 1811 onwards, in comedy, vaudeville, and lyric drama, seems to recall that of the seventeenth-century Hardy.
From A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. by Gosse, Edmund
Then he began his story with all the earnestness and tragic power of an improvisator of ancient Rome.
From Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
In French, they call such a person by a very long name—the improvisator.
From Welsh Fairy Tales by Griffis, William Elliot
After reading the whole letter one may hint that Guilbert's own ideas might not serve her very well if she tried to appear as improvisator.
From Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" by Spence, Edward Fordham
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