Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A principal woman dancer in a ballet company.
- noun A ballet dancer who is a woman or a girl.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A female ballet-dancer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A female ballet dancer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A female
ballet dancer . - noun less common, sometimes derogatory A male ballet dancer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a female ballet dancer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Tiptoeing like a ballerina is the power of art to transform us.
Carine Fabius: What Can the Power of Art Accomplish? Carine Fabius 2010
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Tiptoeing like a ballerina is the power of art to transform us.
Carine Fabius: What Can the Power of Art Accomplish? Carine Fabius 2010
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Tiptoeing like a ballerina is the power of art to transform us.
Carine Fabius: What Can the Power of Art Accomplish? Carine Fabius 2010
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Tiptoeing like a ballerina is the power of art to transform us.
Carine Fabius: What Can the Power of Art Accomplish? Carine Fabius 2010
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Tiptoeing like a ballerina is the power of art to transform us.
Carine Fabius: What Can the Power of Art Accomplish? Carine Fabius 2010
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Tiptoeing like a ballerina is the power of art to transform us.
Carine Fabius: What Can the Power of Art Accomplish? Carine Fabius 2010
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I removed my cap to reveal a slipping hairstyle (going, going, almost gone) and did a pirouette, graceful as a walrus in ballerina tights.
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I removed my cap to reveal a slipping hairstyle (going, going, almost gone) and did a pirouette, graceful as a walrus in ballerina tights.
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Bozo The Neoclown says: ooohhhhh, dunce power, still waiting for you to answer my questions. spin ballerina, spin all around!
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•A ballerina is losing her skin on House (Fox, 8 ET/PT), and the good doctor may be losing his mind.
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