Pier·rot
| \ ˈpē-ə-ˌrō
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Definition of Pierrot
: a stock comic character of old French pantomime usually having a whitened face and wearing loose white clothes
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“Pierrot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Pierrot. Accessed 14 May. 2021.
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The first known use of Pierrot was in 1726
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