Dancer

//ˈdɑːnsə(ɹ)// name, noun, slang

name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.

    "I'm a terrible dancer."

  2. 2
    a performer who dances professionally wordnet
  3. 3
    A stripper. euphemistic
  4. 4
    a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball) wordnet
  5. 5
    Synonym of garreter (“a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows”). obsolete, slang

    "[A]bout 40 were burglars, "dancers," "garreters," and other adepts with the skeleton keys."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The second reindeer of Santa Claus.
  2. 2
    A surname originating as an occupation for a dancer or acrobat.

Synonyms

All synonyms
exotic dancerartistartisteballerinaballet dancerballet girl

Antonyms

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singer

Example

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"Each movement of the dancer was perfect."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English dauncer, dawncere, dancere, equivalent to dance + -er.

Etymology 2

From dancer. (reindeer): First attested in the 1823 poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”

Related phrases

Spanish dancerballet dancerbelly dancerbreak dancerbreak-dancercage dancerdad dancerdevil dancerexotic dancerfan dancerfire dancerfolk dancer

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