danseuse

[ French dahn-sœz ]
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noun,plural dan·seuses [French dahn-sœz]. /French dɑ̃ˈsœz/.
  1. a female ballet dancer.

Origin of danseuse

1
1835–45; <French; feminine of danseur; see -euse

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How to use danseuse in a sentence

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

    Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
  • He died in the second half of the reign of Louis Philippe, leaving an income of forty thousand francs to the former danseuse.

    Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois Christophe
  • The whole of his spare time is spent with Mademoiselle Louise, the danseuse at the Empire.

    The Double Four | E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • 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.

    Unconscious Comedians | Honore de Balzac
  • She had as many enemies as a Cabinet Minister, and as many inamorati as a premire danseuse.

    The Devourers | Annie Vivanti Chartres

British Dictionary definitions for danseuse

danseuse

/ French (dɑ̃søz) /


noun
  1. a female ballet dancer

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