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

This rather raises the question: what might life be like in a country helmed by a genuinely funny comedian, rather than a farceur who dreams of being taken seriously?

From The Guardian • Aug. 25, 2019

This isn’t just because Simonischek, a master farceur, gives even Toni’s nuttier shenanigans their own bizarrely persuasive logic.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2016

John Cleese told the Today programme that Sachs was a "sweet man" and a "brilliant farceur".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2016

To the last class belongs Francis Fisherton, once a gentleman, now without a shilling or a principle; but rich in mother wit—in fact a farceur, after Paul de Kock's own heart.

From The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 by Various