coryphée
Americannoun
plural
coryphéesnoun
Etymology
Origin of coryphée
1820–30; < French < Latin coryphaeus coryphaeus
Example Sentences
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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 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
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
Country-bred as she was, she waltzed like a coryphée.
From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne
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