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Meaning of pleurant | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A weeping figure used as an ornament on a tomb.

Equivalents

Français pleurant pleurant pleurant

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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

pleurapophysis Pleuras pleuraspidotheriid pleurectomy pleurenchyma Pleurisy

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