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figurante

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A female figurant, especially a ballet dancer.

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Equivalents

Françaisfigurante
Portuguêsfigurante
Italianofigurante

Examples

Gradually the hedges and fields give way before long rows of houses; and a few single domiciles, with plats of turf cut into patterns, and bunches of daisies dusty and dry as if just dropped from the wreath of a figurante, are what the orientals call so pleasant and rural, so convenient for stages and Sunday.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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