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SCARAMOUCHE
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• SCARAMOUCHE (noun)
The noun SCARAMOUCHE has 1 sense:
1. a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward
Familiarity information: SCARAMOUCHE used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
A stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a boastful coward
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Scaramouch; Scaramouche
Instance hypernyms:
character; fictional character; fictitious character (an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story))
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