Definition of Marceau

1. Noun. French mime famous for his sad-faced clown (born in 1923).

Exact synonyms: Marcel Marceau
Generic synonyms: Mime, Mimer, Mummer, Pantomimer, Pantomimist

Lexicographical Neighbors of Marceau

Marathas
Marathi
Marathons
Marattia
Marattia salicina
Marattiaceae
Marattiales
Marburg disease
Marburg hemorrhagic fever
Marburg virus
Marc
Marc Blitzstein
Marc Chagall
Marcacci's muscle
Marcapomacocha
Marceau
Marcel
Marcel Duchamp
Marcel Lajos Breuer
Marcel Marceau
Marcel Proust
Marcella
Marcello Malpighi
Marcellus
March
March 17
March 19
March 2
March 25
March Madness

Literary usage of Marceau

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Napoleon; a History of the Art of War by Theodore Ayrault Dodge (1904)
"This vicinity, however, they soon had to leave on the approach of the Republican army under marceau, who had now been put ..."

2. The American in Paris by John Sanderson (1838)
"... Furniture— Francis the First's Bed—Charlotte Corday—Danton— Marat—Robespierre—Rue des Postes—Convents of former times—Faubourg St. marceau. x Paris, ..."

3. The United States Magazine and Democratic Review (1847)
"marceau started.— He recognised Tinguy, exchanged a glance with him full of ... marceau left his friend, and went without delay to Robespierre's dwelling. ..."

4. French Revolutionary Generals by Arthur Griffiths (1891)
"regiments against whom marceau hadbeen principally engaged, ... marceau, racked with terrible anguish, was often delirious ; he raved then of the retreat, ..."

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