Usually means: Participant with no speaking role.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word figurant:

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  1. figurant: Merriam-Webster
  2. figurant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. figurant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. figurant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. figurant: Wordnik
  6. figurant: Wiktionary
  7. figurant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. Figurant, figurant: Dictionary.com
  9. Figurant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. figurant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Figurant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. figurant: FreeDictionary.org
  13. figurant: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. figurant: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. figurant: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (figurant)

▸ noun:  An actor or dancer in the background lacking an aural presence.

Similar:
ghost character, lay figure, backbencher, dumb show, black box, no-show, floater, mute, nonappearer, underaction, more...

Opposite:
lead, protagonist, main character

Types:
supernumerary, bit part, cameo, walk-on, more...

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Similar:
ghost character, lay figure, backbencher, dumb show, black box, no-show, floater, mute, nonappearer, underaction, more...

Opposite:
lead, protagonist, main character

Types:
supernumerary, bit part, cameo, walk-on, more...



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