Harlequin
Harlequin noun - A comically dressed performer (as at a circus) who entertains with playful tricks and ridiculous behavior.
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Pierrot and harlequin are semantically related In some cases you can use "Pierrot" instead a noun "Harlequin".
Nearby Word: harlequinade
Pierrot
Pierrot noun - A male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face.
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Harlequin and Pierrot are semantically related in joking person topic. You can use "Harlequin" instead a noun "Pierrot".
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Not only does Harlequin win the affections of Colombine and annoy Pierrot into leaving, he steals Pierrot's bottle of booze.
- Pierrot is this toward Columbina in Commedia dell'Arte plays, though Columbina inevitably ends up with Harlequin.
Source: Dogged Nice Guy -
In The Cat and the Fiddle, following Commedia dell'Arte tradition, "fickle Pierrette" has abandoned "poor Pierrot" for Harlequin by the final scene of the Show Within a Show.
Source: Hopeless Suitor
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Pierrot and Harlequin. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/harlequin/pierrot
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