Definition of "figurante" [fig•u•rante]

• A female figurant, especially a ballet dancer. (noun)

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• "In the first he told me that he had followed my instructions as to the Corticelli, and in the second that she would probably he paid for dancing at the carnival as first 'figurante'."
• "“Regent;” but as to the French figurante, it must be confessed, that Mrs. Walker was in a sad error: THAT lady and the"
• "All this was true, except about the French figurante."