figurante

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Mlle. de Camargo presided over the Ch�teau of Berny for some four years, when an obscure figurante of the Opera, Mlle.

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

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

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

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)

Mademoiselle Prévost, alarmed at such a triumph, intrigued with such success that Mademoiselle de Camargo was soon forced to fall back to the position of a mere figurante.

From The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II by Various

She was employed as a figurante in a small theatre.

From George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings by Hallard, Alys