a character from old French pantomime who has a sad, white face, and wears loose, white clothes with a stiff circular collar
{i} male French white-faced pantomime character represented as sad or crying and dressed in a loose white outfit; buffoon or masquerader dressed as a Pierrot
a male character in French pantomime; usually dressed in white with a whitened face
pierrot
Hyphenation
Pi·er·rot
Pronunciation
Etymology
() French Pierrot, diminutive of Pierre (“Peter”) via diminutive suffix -ot.