PIERROT

Pi|er|rot 〈[ pjɛro:] m. 6〉 aus der Commedia dell'Arte stammende, komische, melanchol. männl. Figur mit weißgepudertem Gesicht [frz., Verkleinerungsform zu Pierre „Peter“]

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• 1919 Picasso painting

• Buffoon

• Clown; buffoon

• Columbine's ami

• Comic character in whiteface

• Comic masquerader

• Commedia dell'arte character David Bowie dressed as on the cover of Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

• Commedia dell'Arte clown

• French comic character

• French mime

• French mime role

• French pantomime character

• Harlequin's French counterpart

• Male character in French pantomime

• Male character in French pantomime, usually dressed in white with a whitened face

• Pantomime buffoon

• Pantomime character

• Pantomime clown

• Pining pantomime persona

• Stock character in French pantomime

• Whiteface

• A male character in French pantomime

• Usually dressed in white with a whitened face

Pierrot, d. h. Peterchen, jene komische Maske der franz. Bühne, welche die Eigenschaften des Harlekin und Pulcinell in sich vereinigt und fast eben so gekleidet ist.