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Definitions of harlequin in various dictionaries:
noun - a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte)
verb - variegate with spots or marks
A clown; a buffoon.
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| 2 from this romance publisher are "The Amorous Heiress" & "The Madcap Heiress" |
| I kid you not, it's the type of character seen here:(think romance novels) |
| Oh Contessa! I must tell you that it's based in Toronto & publishes 110 titles a month |
| Founded in 1949, this company was publishing romance novels exclusively by 1964 |
| Red Dress Ink, a new line from this romance publisher, features neurotic, cocktail-swilling urban heroines |
| The duck seen here bears the name of this colorful Comedia character |
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| a humorous character in plays at the theatre, especially in the past, who wears brightly coloured clothes with a diamond pattern |
| a mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume. |
| a small duck of fast-flowing streams around the Arctic and North Pacific, the male having mainly grey-blue plumage with bold white markings. |
| a clown or buffoon (after the Harlequin character in the commedia dell'arte) |
| variegate with spots or marks |
| A conventional buffoon of the commedia dell'arte, traditionally presented in a mask and parti-colored tights. |
| A clown a buffoon. |
| Having a pattern of brightly colored diamond shapes. |
| A mute character in traditional pantomime, typically masked and dressed in a diamond-patterned costume. |
| A small duck of fast-flowing streams around the Arctic and North Pacific, the male having mainly grey-blue plumage with bold white markings. |
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Harlequin (; Italian: Arlecchino [arlekkino], French: Arlequin [alk], Old French Harlequin) is the best-known of the zanni or comic servant characters from the Italian Commedia dell'arte. The role is traditionally believed to have been introduced by Zan Ganassa in the late 16th century, was definitively popularized by the Italian actor Tristano Martinelli in Paris in 15841585, and became a stock character after Martinelli's death in 1630. * The Harlequin is characterized by his chequered costume. His role is that of a light-hearted, nimble, and astute servant, often acting to thwart the plans of his master, and pursuing his own love interest, Columbina, with wit and resourcefulness, often competing with the sterner and melancholic Pierrot. He later develops into a prototype of the romantic hero. Harlequin inherits his physical agility and his trickster qualities, as well as his name, from a mischievous "devil" character in medieval passion plays. * The Harlequin character first appeared i |