histrion

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See also: histrión

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin histriō. Compare French histrion. See histrionic.

Noun

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histrion (plural histrions)

  1. (obsolete) A stage actor.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for histrion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin histriōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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histrion m (plural histrions)

  1. (derogatory) a minstrel

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Esperanto: histriono

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French histrion, from Latin histrio.

Noun

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histrion m (plural histrioni)

  1. histrion

Declension

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