dancer

¹

[dan-ser, dahn-]

noun

1. a person who dances.

2. a person who dances professionally, as on the stage.

Dancer

²

[dan-ser, dahn-]

noun

1. Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.

Other Word Forms

• nondancer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dancer¹

1250–1300; Middle English dauncer; dance, -er ¹

Example Sentences

The piano was first made famous by exotic dancer Carol Doda, who made her nightly entrance atop the instrument.

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His wife, a professional dancer, has multiple costumes that have yet to be cleaned; it’s been so long since he’s been home that he doesn’t remember which photographs still cling to his fridge.

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It also discovered 300 new locations across the country for pink waxcap, also known as the ballerina waxcap as its cap flares out like a pirouetting dancer.

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She remembered Livia as a gracious dancer who was a pleasure to teach.

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Along the way, we get some classics, like the image of a burlesque dancer "glowing like the end of a cigarette"; or comparing a critic's barbs to "a toy chihuahua barking from a tiny purse".

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