figurante

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There stood I for whole mornings, with a long staff, and stretched my legs; but notwithstanding all my good- will, it was Dahlen's opinion that I should never get beyond a figurante.

From True Story of My Life by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

All this was true, except about the French figurante.

From Men's Wives by Thackeray, William Makepeace

She was employed as a figurante in a small theatre.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys

The angel appearing to Jeanne d'Arc seems to have been modelled from a figurante at the opera.

From The Story of Paris by Kimball, Katherine

For Bessy is to the procession of Plough Monday what the leading figurante is to the opera or ballet, and dances about as gracefully as the hippopotami described by Dr. Livingstone.

From A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide by Behrend, Arthur C.