farceur
UK/fɑːˈsɜː/US/fɑɹˈsɝ/
farceur noun: a person who writes farces, or who performs in them.
Noun
farceur (plural farceurs)
- A person who writes farces, or who performs in them.
- […] and as always, the best avenue for resolving rage is positive action. For the playwright, this has and does often take the form of satire, and perhaps the most outstanding farceur of the '60s was Joe Orton.1987 August 22, Tom Grabosky, “Who Hears an Orton?”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 6, page 7
- A farcical comedian.
Forms of farceur
| plural | farceurs |
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Origin of farceur
Unadapted borrowing from French farceur.
Words that rhyme with farceur
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- per
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- myrrh
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- chauffeur
- chur
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- force majeure
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- knur
- masseur
- profer
- shirr
- voyeur
- xir
- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- auteur
- Big Sur
- bras d'honneur
Questions about farceur
- What does farceur mean?
- Farceur means a person who writes farces, or who performs in them.
- What part of speech is farceur?
- Farceur is a noun.
- How do you pronounce farceur?
- Farceur is pronounced /fɑɹˈsɝ/ (US).
- What is the plural of farceur?
- The plural of farceur is farceurs.
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