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

He is also the self-taught playwright of prodigious classical learning, Shakespeare's champion and a heck of a funny farceur.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2018

John Cleese told the Today programme that Sachs was a "sweet man" and a "brilliant farceur".

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2016

"You're a great farceur," said Coward, delivering another testimony, "because you never, ever, hang about."

From The Guardian • Feb. 18, 2013

Oeil-de-Perdrix, grand farceur, Sans reproche et sans pudeur, Dans son patois de Bourgogne, Bredouillait comme un ivrogne,      "Bons amis, J'ai danse chez Agassiz!"

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth