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Definition of Figurants
1. figurant [n] - See also: figurant
Lexicographical Neighbors of Figurants
Literary usage of Figurants
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Caliban by the Yellow Sands by Percy MacKaye (1916)
"INTERLUDE II SECOND ACTION: FRENCH COMMUNITY ACTORS [150] Comprise Individuals [4]
PARTICIPANTS [50] figurants [100] Francis I, of France Heralds [10: ..."
2. The Musical World (1875)
"... junr) ; six doubles and figurants; four solo female dancers; five solo female
dancers who were also doubles; five female doubles and figurants; ..."
3. The Bookman (1906)
"The number of "figurants" rises from 200, in 1798, to 1800, in 1905, ...
Everywhere you come across some of the "figurants" in their picturesque dresses, ..."
4. Richard Wagner's Letters to His Dresden Friends: Theodor Uhlig, Wilhelm by Richard Wagner, John South Shedlock (1890)
"The figurants who had for the time replaced them would still remain on the stage,
and, ... In any case, the ambassadors must be represented by figurants. ..."
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