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pleurant

pleurant noun: a weeping figure used as an ornament on a tomb.

Noun

pleurant (plural pleurants)

  1. A weeping figure used as an ornament on a tomb.
    • Thought to be the work of the master sculptor Jean de Brecquessent, she is one of only a few of the 14 pleurants to have survived the tomb’s destruction during the French Revolution.2007 October 19, Karen Rosenberg, “Sacred Works in Secular Places”, in New York Times

Forms of pleurant

pluralpleurants

Origin of pleurant

French, pleurant (“weeping”).

Questions about pleurant

What does pleurant mean?
Pleurant means a weeping figure used as an ornament on a tomb.
What part of speech is pleurant?
Pleurant is a noun.
What is the plural of pleurant?
The plural of pleurant is pleurants.

Words near pleurant in the dictionary

  1. pleuralgic
  2. pleuralin
  3. pleuralins
  4. pleurally
  5. pleurals
  6. pleurant
  7. pleurants
  8. pleurapophyses
  9. pleurapophysial
  10. pleurapophysis
  11. pleuras

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