figurante

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Their malignant modesty does not deserve the respect of an intelligent figurante.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 06, May 7, 1870 by Various

My dear Friend, *** My exertions here have been incessant, for in whatever company I go, I am obliged to be the figurante of the circle.

From Biographia Epistolaris, Volume 1. by Turnbull, A.

There stood I for whole mornings, with a long staff, and stretched my legs; but notwithstanding all my good- will, it was Dahlen's opinion that I should never get beyond a figurante.

From True Story of My Life by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

Well, I can be a nursery-governess, or I can sing in a chorus; I should make a very decent figurante, or I could go round with baskets.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various

The young figurante frequently extended her arms and threw herself on her knees, as if in invocation of some unseen power.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport