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figurant

figurant noun: an actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.

Noun

figurant (plural figurants)

  1. An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.

Forms of figurant

pluralfigurants

Questions about figurant

What does figurant mean?
Figurant means an actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.
What part of speech is figurant?
Figurant is a noun.
What is the plural of figurant?
The plural of figurant is figurants.

Words near figurant in the dictionary

  1. figurae etymologicae
  2. figural
  3. figuralities
  4. figurality
  5. figurally
  6. figurant
  7. figurante
  8. figurantes
  9. figurants
  10. Figuras
  11. figurate

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