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‖ farceur|fɑːsœːr| [F. farceur, f. farcer to act farces, f. farce n.] a. A joker, wag.
1781G. Selwyn Let. 27 Dec. in 15th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. (1897) App. vi. 553 Such farceurs as are in opposition. 1828J. P. Cobbett Tour Italy (1830) 8 This wag, or farceur, as his countrymen would call him..‘Aha’ exclaimed the farceur. 1877Lockhart Mine is Thine xvii. (1878) II. 21 That rattling talker and farceur. 1884Standard 30 Jan. 5/4 Mr. Barnum is a chartered farceur. b. An actor or writer of farces.
1889in Cent. Dict. 1957Listener 10 Oct. 581/2 His company are accomplished farceurs. c. attrib., as farceur pianist.
1910V. Tree Let. 30 Sept. in Castles in Air (1926) i. 34 He is a splendid farceur pianist. |