farceur
Example Sentences
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He began as the disillusioned farceur of “Roger & Me,” in 1989.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2020
John Cleese told the Today programme that Sachs was a "sweet man" and a "brilliant farceur".
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2016
"Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" earned the ever-outrageous farceur Christopher Durang the Tony Award, a capstone to a career in hilarity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 9, 2016
"You're a great farceur," said Coward, delivering another testimony, "because you never, ever, hang about."
From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2013
He was by turns a farceur, a wit, a man of emotion, a man with a touch of genius.
From The Way of Ambition by Soper, J. H. Gardner