Pierrot Definition

pēə-rō, pyĕ-rō
noun
A stock comic character in old French pantomime, having a whitened face and wearing loose white pantaloons and a jacket with large buttons.
Webster's New World
Alternative form of Pierrot.
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Other Word Forms of Pierrot

Noun

Singular:
Pierrot
Plural:
pierrots

Origin of Pierrot

  • French diminutive of the name Pierre Peter from Old French from Latin Petrus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pierrot Sentence Examples

  • Pierrot costumes were particularly popular.

  • Albert Giraud (born at Louvain in 1860) was faithful to the Parnassian tradition in his Pierrot lunaire (1884), Pierrot narcisse (1891) and Hors du siècle (1886).

  • The pierrot is the white-faced clown who is always immaculately dressed, with finely defined make-up.

  • Perrot or Pierrot, the diminutive of the proper name Pierre), the name given 1 "Parakeet" (in Shakespeare, i Hen.

  • Albert Giraud (born at Louvain in 1860) was faithful to the Parnassian tradition in his Pierrot lunaire (1884), Pierrot narcisse (1891) and Hors du siècle (1886).

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Words Starting With

PPIPIE

Words Ending With

TOTROT

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