farceur

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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French farceur.

Pronunciation

Noun

farceur (plural farceurs)

  1. A person who writes farces, or who performs in them.
    • 1987 August 22, Tom Grabosky, “Who Hears an Orton?”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 6, page 7:
      [] and as always, the best avenue for resolving rage is positive action. For the playwright, this has and does often take the form of satire, and perhaps the most outstanding farceur of the '60s was Joe Orton.
  2. A farcical comedian.

French

Etymology

From farce +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faʁ.sœʁ/
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Noun

farceur m (plural farceurs, feminine farceuse)

  1. joker; trickster; prankster, jokester
  2. (dated) actor who plays in a farce

Descendants

  • Danish: farcør
  • English: farecour

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