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Figurant   Listen
noun
Figurant  n. masc.  One who dances at the opera, not singly, but in groups or figures; an accessory character on the stage, who figures in its scenes, but has nothing to say; hence, one who figures in any scene, without taking a prominent part.






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"Figurant" Quotes from Famous Books



... prendre une idee legere et imparfaite de cette majestueuse enceint, en se la figurant comme un amphitheatre moins remarquable par la vaste etendue de son arene que par la hauteur prodigieuse de ses murs qui, par-tout bordes de parties saillantes, d'echancrures profondes, et herisses de rochers dont la ruine est prochaine, se sont entierement ...
— Theory of the Earth, Volume 2 (of 4) • James Hutton



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