Fonteyn
[ fon-teyn ]
/ fɒnˈteɪn /
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noun
Dame Mar·got [mahr-goh], /ˈmɑr goʊ/, Margaret Hookham, 1919–91, English ballerina.
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Fonteyn
/ (fɒnˈteɪn) /
noun
Dame Margot . real name Margaret Hookham . 1919–91, English classical ballerina
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