maître de ballet
Americannoun
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maîtres de ballet
plural
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Etymology
Origin of maître de ballet
1815–25; < French: master of ballet
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The marabout leader, who is a kind of maître de ballet, enfolds each performer in his arms and makes a few passes round him, or kisses him.
From Fountains in the Sand Rambles Among the Oases of Tunisia by Norman Douglas
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