2. Noun. A farcical comedian ¹
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Definition of Farceur
1. a joker [n -S] - See also: joker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Farceur
Literary usage of Farceur
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Portion of the Journal Kept by Thomas Raikes, Esq., from 1831 to 1847 by Thomas Raikes (1857)
"I remember his fighting a duel with Humphry Howarth, MP for Evesham, who was a
farceur like himself, that was treated more as an object of ridicule than ..."
2. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1920)
"The get of farceur averaged $1475. Thirty-five mares brought ... The highest
price for a mare by farceur was $2900. At Huntertown, Indiana, on February 15, ..."
3. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1881)
"... and in a somewhat ironical tone, ' perhaps sare, you set up for vun farceur,
... a farceur ; thus much I knew of the nature and extent of my offences, ..."
4. St. James's Magazine by S. C. Hall (1864)
""farceur!" muttered he; " like a good, quiet young man ! ... farceur/" repeated he.
" All the same ! They go to bed with their code beneath their pillow. ..."
5. Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly and National Review edited by Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart (1881)
"he again exclaimed angrily, and in a somewhat ironical tone, ' perhaps sare, you
set up for vun farceur, but parmit me to say that our brief acquaintance ..."
6. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Vous êtes un mauvais farceur, your jokel are in lia«! taste—are badly timed—
inopportune. ... Dites donc, farceur, allez vous rester là, I say, you fellow, ..."
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