Seaside entertainers unlikely to appear if this? (8)
I believe the answer is:
pierrots
'seaside entertainers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pierrots that I've seen before include "Characters in French pantomime, usually dressed in white with whitened faces" , "Rips tore up the puppet clowns" .)