Crossword-Solution: FIGURANT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Figurant | n. masc. | One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part. |
We have 9 clues for the answer “FIGURANT”
| Clue | Answers |
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| ballet dancer who does group work but no solo roles | 1 answer |
| ballet dancer | 3 answers |
| danseur | 6 answers |
| figurante | 6 answers |
| coryphée | 7 answers |
| Danseuse. | 8 answers |
| hoofer | 8 answers |
| ballerina | 12 answers |
| Dancer. | 40 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with FIGURANT (5)
The plebiscite, undoubtedly, as well as the election of deputies to the Corps Legislatif are simply comedies; but, in these comedies, one rôle is as good as another and the duke of the old or new pattern, a mere figurant among hundreds and thousands of others, votes only once like the corner-grocer.
Meantime the _figurant_ cherishes sanguine hopes that he may one day rise to a prominent position in the ballet, or that he may become an _accessoire_; and the _accessoire_ looks forward fervently to ranking in the future among the regular actors or _artistes_ of the theatre, with the right of entering its _grand foyer_, or superior green-room.
The French stage has a story of a _figurant_ who ruined at once a new tragedy and his own prospects by an unhappy _lapsus linguæ_, the result of undue haste and nervous excitement.
The beer was brought him by a _figurant_, or mute performer, in the character of a waiter, charged with the simple duty of drawing the cork from the bottle and filling the glass of the customer.
The _figurant_, from this modest and accidental beginning of his career as an actor, speedily rose to be famous.