danseuse
noun
a female ballet dancer.
danseuses
-
pluralof danseuse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
If the Koch contained these two danseuses instead of those seated pairs of women, you feel their energy would raise the roof.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2016
You can imagine what the drag danseuses of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo could make of these glamorous Russians.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2010
The two danseuses nobles profess the deepest friendship, ever since the day in 1928 when Diaghilev introduced 14-year-old Alice, a promising member of the corps de ballet, to 24-year-old Danilova, the prima ballerina.
From Time Magazine Archive
He listened to the music, looked at the danseuses through his opera-glass, and drank a glass of punch between the acts.
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Gustave Flaubert
Do you like those danseuses better than you do me?
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
