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- DictionaryPierrot/ˈpɪərəʊ/
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- 1. a stock male character in French pantomime, with a sad white-painted face, a loose white costume, and a pointed hat.
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Pierrot is a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, whose origins are in the late seventeenth-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne. The name is a diminutive of Pierre (Peter), via the suffix -ot and derives from the Italian Pedrolino. His character in contemporary popular culture—in poetry, fiction, and the visual arts, as well as w... Wikipedia