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histrion|ˈhɪstrɪən|
Also 6 erron. -an, -en.
[a. F. histrion (1570 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. histriōn-em: see prec.]
A stage-player, actor. (Now usually contemptuous.)
c1566J. Alday tr. Boaystuau's Theat. World S iv, Histrians that we have seene in our time flie on a rope in ye ayre. 1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie i. xiv. (Arb.) 48 Roscius..the best Histrien or buffon that was in his dayes to be found. 1603Florio Montaigne ii. xxxvii. (1632) 426 Let her leave this care to Mimikes, to Histrions, and to Rhetoricke Masters. 1862Merivale Rom. Emp. (1865) VI. lii. 295 It was found necessary to expel the histrions, or pantomimic dancers. 1889Evening News 6 Nov. 2/6 When it is the fashion for histrions to air themselves in print. |