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What is another word for Badaud?

Pronunciation: [badˈɔːd] (IPA)

Badaud is a French word which translates to "onlooker" or "passerby" in English. In speech or writing, a good synonym for badaud could be spectator, observer, or witness. These synonyms emphasize the role of an individual who is watching something happening and possibly drawing conclusions or forming opinions from their observation. Another synonym for badaud could be gawker, highlighting a potentially negative connotation of being a passive bystander who is simply curious or entertained by what they are seeing. Overall, there are many words that can be used as a synonym for badaud depending on the context and intended tone of the written or spoken language.
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I catch myself again in the fact of endless stations in Fifth Avenue near the southwest corner of Ninth Street, as I think it must have been, since the dull long "run" didn't exist then for the young Badaud and the poster there was constantly and bravely renewed.
"A Small Boy and Others"
Henry James
One-half of England is gone to China, the other half to Africa; these will speak to you of Kamschatka, those of the mountains of the Moon, just as a London cockney or a Parisian Badaud would speak to you of Greenwich or of Bagnolet.
"Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches"
Henri de Crignelle

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