PIERROT


Meaning of PIERROT in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' p ē - ə - ˌ r ō

Function: noun

Etymology: French, diminutive of Pierre Peter

Date: circa 1770

: a stock comic character of old French pantomime usually having a whitened face and wearing loose white clothes

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.