diseuse
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- noun A woman who is a skilled and usually professional performer of monologues.
Examples
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Madame Cleo, who is now as widely known as a diseuse, a liseuse, a friseuse and a clairvoyante, leaped into sudden prominence last November by her startling announcement that the seven letters in the Kaiser's name W i l h e l m represented the seven great beasts of the apocalypse; in the next month she electrified all Paris by her disclosure that the four letters of the word C z a r-- by substituting the figure 1 for C, 9 for Z, 1 for A, and 7 for R produce the date 1917, and indicated a revolution in Russia.
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A small platform had been erected at one end, and as Diana and Miss Lermontof entered, a French _diseuse_ was just ascending it preparatory to reciting in her native tongue.
Note
The word 'diseuse' is borrowed from French, and is the feminine of 'diseur', (monologuist).
