chorus girl

American  

noun

1. a female singer or dancer of the chorus of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, etc.

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chorus girl British  

noun

1. a girl who dances or sings in the chorus of a musical comedy, revue, etc

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Etymology

Origin of chorus girl

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Stevens won a Golden Globe for her 1959 film debut as a chorus girl in Say One for Me, which also starred Bing Crosby and Debbie Reynolds.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2023

She hoped to become an actress, in the years before World War I, but ended up in secondary roles, often as a chorus girl.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2022

When he was 2, his mother abandoned the family and, Holbrook later learned, moved to New York City, where she worked as a chorus girl.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2021

In that production, she played a hard-living former chorus girl opposite film stars Myrna Loy, Kim Hunter and Alexis Smith.

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2020

She had an only son, Jack—a giddy, thoughtless boy, but very kindhearted, as many a hard-working chorus girl had reason to remember.

From The So-called Human Race by Taylor, Bert Leston