Dancerette

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A female dancer.

    "The dance program at Caledonia Saturday evening lasted but one hour and 51 minutes. As one dancerette expressed it “They’re chintsey.”"

Synonyms

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danceress

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"The dance program at Caledonia Saturday evening lasted but one hour and 51 minutes. As one dancerette expressed it “They’re chintsey.”"

Etymology

From dancer + -ette.

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