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Pierrot - What does it mean?

Definition of 'Pierrot'

English

(wikipedia)

Proper noun

(en-proper noun)
  • A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit; a popular choice for a masquerade costume.
  • * 1934 , , Right Ho, Jeeves :
  • And he was attending that fancy-dress ball, mark you--not, like every other well-bred Englishman, as a Pierrot , but as Mephistopheles...
    "He said that the costume of Pierrot , while pleasing to the eye, lacked the authority of the Mephistopheles costume."

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