première danseuse
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of première danseuse
1820–30; < French: literally, first dancer (feminine)
Example Sentences
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In Manhattan last week General Manager Guilio Gatti-Casazza announced plans for the Metropolitan Opera's coming season, married Rosina Galli, his première danseuse, and sailed for Europe.
From Time Magazine Archive
The première danseuse knows precisely what a gentleman means when he twirls round forty-seven times on one leg, and then stands on his head.
From Diary of a Pilgrimage by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
There was another dancer there, an old grenadier of a woman who had been famous in her time as a première danseuse at the opera.
From We Can't Have Everything by Hughes, Rupert
And then came Monticelli, the première danseuse, in a coat and skirt, and then some of her rivals.
From Sacred and Profane Love by Bennett, Arnold
She reminded me simultaneously, as she descended, of a mystic Russian première danseuse, a barefooted native swinging down his cocoanut grove, and High Diddle Dumpling my son John.
From Life's Minor Collisions by Warner, Frances Lester
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