coryphée
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of coryphée
1820–30; < French < Latin coryphaeus coryphaeus
Example Sentences
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A coryphée, pretty and loyal,In amber and redThe ballet she led;Her mother performed at the Royal,LENORE at the Saracen’s Head.
From The Bab Ballads by Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), Sir
He gives all his devotions to Nina Beaubien, who dances like a coryphée, and drops her when Alice Renwick comes with her glowing Spanish beauty.
From From the Ranks by King, Charles
He suddenly abandoned college, and went off, it was said, with a coryphée.
From Gordon Keith by Page, Thomas Nelson
A coryphée, pretty and loyal, In amber and red, The ballet she led; Her mother performed at the Royal, Lenore at the Saracen's Head.
From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn
From adventuress to evangelist; coryphée, courtesan, and convert, each in turn.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace
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