Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
dandy-roller . - noun One who dances, or takes part in a dance; specifically, one who practises dancing as a profession, as on the stage.
- noun [capitalized] Eccles., one of a sect of enthusiasts who appeared in Europe on the lower Rhine in 1374, first at Aix-la-Chapelle, and indulged in wild dances in honor of St. John, but professed no definite tenets. The sect disappeared almost entirely within twenty-five years.
- noun plural Stairs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who dances or who practices dancing.
- noun beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis, under
Aurora .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
dances , performs (a) dance(s). - noun euphemistic A
stripper .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
- noun a performer who dances professionally
Etymologies
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Examples
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So, if you are seeing the dancer spin counter-clockwise (left brain), turn your head to the right, so the the dancer is the extreme left of your field of vision.
Right Versus Left Brain: What Does the Spinning Dancer Teach Us? - Freakonomics Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Shechter may be known primarily as a choreographer, and the advance publicity may have promised "bodies" on stage the word "dancer" was carefully avoided, yet the work has been primarily presented as a showcase for the 75-minute score that he's written - the raw material for his and Gormley's theatrical experiment.
The Guardian World News Judith Mackrell 2012
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The professional dancer is wearing a scarlet dress, and with one leg raised in the air, she is clutching Shem-Tov's waist – a typical ballroom dancing pose.
Dorit Milman & Gili Shem-Tov: Dancing With The Stars Israel's Same-Sex Couple AP 2010
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She is currently starring as Mrs. Poindexter and the main dancer in Langston in Harlem at Urban Stages in NYC.
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They then leave slowly, until only one dancer is left.
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The professional dancer is wearing a scarlet dress, and with one leg raised in the air, she is clutching Shem-Tov's waist – a typical ballroom dancing pose.
Dorit Milman & Gili Shem-Tov: Dancing With The Stars Israel's Same-Sex Couple AP 2010
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The dancer is where the art lies, where discovery lives, where everything comes together, words and ideas in a swirl … there is form, rhythm, movement … there is meaning and beauty and immense satisfaction.
October « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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The professional dancer is wearing a scarlet dress, and with one leg raised in the air, she is clutching Shem-Tov's waist – a typical ballroom dancing pose.
Dorit Milman & Gili Shem-Tov: Dancing With The Stars Israel's Same-Sex Couple AP 2010
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The dancer is where the art lies, where discovery lives, where everything comes together, words and ideas in a swirl … there is form, rhythm, movement … there is meaning and beauty and immense satisfaction.
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The professional dancer is wearing a scarlet dress, and with one leg raised in the air, she is clutching Shem-Tov's waist – a typical ballroom dancing pose.
Dorit Milman & Gili Shem-Tov: Dancing With The Stars Israel's Same-Sex Couple AP 2010
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