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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

Example sentences :

"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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