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tableau vivant definition

tab·leau vi·vant (tȧ blō vē vän′)

a representation of a scene, picture, etc. by a person or group in costume, posing silently without moving

Etymology: Fr, living tableau

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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