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pleurants

pleurants is the plural of pleurant.

Meaning of pleurant

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

Questions about pleurants

What is pleurants the plural of?
Pleurants is the plural of pleurant.

Words near pleurants in the dictionary

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

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