histrion

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See also: histrión

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin histriō. Compare French histrion. See histrionic.

Noun

histrion (plural histrions)

  1. (obsolete) A stage actor.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “histrion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin histriōnem.

Pronunciation

Noun

histrion m (plural histrions)

  1. (derogatory) a minstrel

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Esperanto: histriono

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French histrion, from Latin histrio.

Noun

histrion m (plural histrioni)

  1. histrion

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative histrion histrionul histrioni histrionii
genitive-dative histrion histrionului histrioni histrionilor
vocative histrionule histrionilor
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