première danseuse
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of première danseuse
1820–30; < French: literally, first dancer (feminine)
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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
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
Patty, as première danseuse, rode in a gilded chariot drawn by four gaily caparisoned white horses.
From Patty Blossom by Wells, Carolyn
“The next room was occupied by ‘a very great swell,’ the première danseuse of the ‘Lyceum’.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney
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
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