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

At the end of the musical “Chicago,” Roxie Hart, a chorus girl who has been charged with murdering her lover, is declared not guilty.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024

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

And did it really end, as she wrote in her memoir, when Mr. Kline collided with “a chorus girl in Boston while he was doing ‘On the Twentieth Century.’”

From New York Times • Dec. 11, 2021

It generated nothing but publicity for her, which may be just what the Ziegfeld Follies chorus girl wanted.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2021

"I told you that pale, pearl-like chorus girl dressed there, and your latent desire to dress like a chorus girl——" "Oh, Lydia doesn't want to dress like a chorus girl!"

From Manslaughter by Miller, Alice Duer