farceur
Example Sentences
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He began as the disillusioned farceur of “Roger & Me,” in 1989.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2020
Andrew Sachs, a seasoned farceur who portrayed the diminutive, dunderheaded and much-abused Spanish waiter Manuel on “Fawlty Towers,” widely regarded as one of the best sitcoms of all time, died Nov. 23 in London.
From Washington Post • Dec. 2, 2016
John Cleese told the Today programme that Sachs was a "sweet man" and a "brilliant farceur".
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2016
Whitehead, an expert farceur, knows that nothing is funnier than lunatic conviction.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2014
The tight-fisted little farceur had a confused reverence for anything that seemed to him refined or clever.
From Main Street by Lewis, Sinclair
