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
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. 2012