figurante
Example Sentences
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Well, I can be a nursery-governess, or I can sing in a chorus; I should make a very decent figurante, or I could go round with baskets.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various
Their malignant modesty does not deserve the respect of an intelligent figurante.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 by Various
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)
Mlle. de Camargo presided over the Ch�teau of Berny for some four years, when an obscure figurante of the Opera, Mlle.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
She was a bookbinder's accountant all the day, and in the evening she was a figurante at one of the theatres.
