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单词 figurant
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figurantn.

/ˈfɪɡ(j)ᵿrɒ̃//fɪɡ(j)ᵿˈrɒ̃//ˈfɪɡ(j)ᵿrənt/
Forms: Also figurante /fiɡyrɑ̃t/ feminine
Etymology: < French figurant, figurante, present participle of figurer to figure v.The plural masculine was formerly sometimes written figurans . It is often impossible to determine whether figurante is intended for the French or the Italian word: see figurante n.
1. A ballet-dancer.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > ballet-dancer
ballet dancer1759
figurante1782
figurant1790
1790 W. Combe Devil upon Two Sticks I. vi. 130 The lascivious agility of his figurantes.
1807 tr. C. A. G. Goede Stranger in Eng. II. 264 The theatre at Paris..its statists and figurants.
1837 J. Richardson Brit. Legion (ed. 2) ii. 42 A sort of ballet the figurans and figurantes in which were inmates of a mad-house.
1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) iii. 52 The poor figurante must devote years of incessant toil to her profitless task.
2. A supernumerary character on the stage who takes no prominent part, and has little or nothing to say.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actor playing specific type of part > with little or nothing to say
property boy1685
supernumerary1755
walking gentleman1769
walking lady1769
figurant1775
statist1807
showgirl?1836
super1838
walker-on1876
property child1885
supe1885
walk-on1923
spear-carrier1960
1775 H. Walpole Lett. (1857) VI. 195 Plays, in which comedians, singers, dancers, figurantes, might all walk at a coronation.
1815 J. Scott Visit to Paris App. p. lxx The women can be little more than the figurantes, receiving a mock reverence merely to carry on the drama.
1886 Athenæum 2 Jan. 15/1 [In the play] Shakspeare is a mere figurant.
in extended use.1893 Nation 21 Sept. 211/2 They were but figurants in the great drama.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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