dancer
1 Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- nondancer noun
Etymology
Origin of dancer
Example Sentences
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The theater had lost its luster and its high-society audience, reduced to booking vaudeville comedians, clog dancers, and trick dogs.
From Literature
Kacie Rose, a former professional dancer, shares vignettes of her new life in Italy that she compiled into a bestselling memoir, “You Deserve Good Gelato.”
Thirty-six dancers with raised arms glide slowly forward as they encircle their prey, a lone figure on a red table in a climactic scene from Ravel's "Bolero" choreographed by Maurice Bejart.
From Barron's
Children holding red envelopes huddled together along the side of the street as they waited for a troupe of lion dancers.
From Los Angeles Times
Lion and dragon dancers perform on the Great Wall of China, in Badaling, to entertain visitors who have come to enjoy the illuminated monument during the Year of the Horse celebrations.
From Barron's
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