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danseuse

[ French dahn-sœz ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural dan·seuses [dah, n, -, sœz].

danseuse

/ dɑ̃søz /

1835–45; < French; feminine of danseur; -euse

Probably he was the father of Flavie Minoret, the daughter of a celebrated Opera danseuse.

He died in the second half of the reign of Louis Philippe, leaving an income of forty thousand francs to the former danseuse.

The whole of his spare time is spent with Mademoiselle Louise, the danseuse at the Empire.

The rat is one of the primary elements of the Opera; she is to the leading danseuse what a junior clerk is to a notary.

She had as many enemies as a Cabinet Minister, and as many inamorati as a premire danseuse.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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