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| Har·le·quin [ hrləkwən, hrləkən ] (plural Har·le·quins) |
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comic actor in tights and mask: a comic dramatic character featured in the Italian commedia dell'arte and the English harlequinade, usually shown wearing multicolored diamond-patterned tights and a black mask
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| [Late 16th century. < obsolete French, variant of Hellequin, legendary leader of night-raiding demon horsemen] |
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