Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A man who is a ballet dancer.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The leaps in logic here would do a premier danseur proud.
Archive 2009-10-01 2009
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(My Patrick was premier danseur at the Paris Opera and I danced with American Ballet Theatre in New York and so we met through our careers.)
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As I followed this acclaimed danseur around his elaborate fire-castle, he explained to me how he left Howard University in mid-1960s and bee-lined to the Big Apple in search of a dance, a dollar, and a dream.
Cheryl Wills: Famed Choreographer Is Still a "WIZ" in Old Firehouse Cheryl Wills 2010
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As I followed this acclaimed danseur around his elaborate fire-castle, he explained to me how he left Howard University in mid-1960s and bee-lined to the Big Apple in search of a dance, a dollar, and a dream.
Cheryl Wills: Famed Choreographer Is Still a "WIZ" in Old Firehouse 2010
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As I followed this acclaimed danseur around his elaborate fire-castle, he explained to me how he left Howard University in mid-1960s and bee-lined to the Big Apple in search of a dance, a dollar, and a dream.
Cheryl Wills: Famed Choreographer Is Still a "WIZ" in Old Firehouse 2010
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I have had a crush on that steamy, hotheaded, baggy-eyed silver fox former danseur for years now, at least since the 2004 Democratic Convention, and I will not let you get all crushed out on him and vote him to be People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive or whatever and ruin my chances!
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Except his turning actually made it harder than typical ballet, where the danseur raises the ballerina far above his head and lightly transports her across stage that way.
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My Patrick was premier danseur at the Paris Opera and I danced with American Ballet Theatre in New York and so we met through our careers.
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Almost literally larger than life, Brazilian danseur Marcelo Gomes and Russian ballerina Veronika Part devour the stage with their magnanimous largesse -- both size - and dance-wise.
Tonya Plank: Marcelo Gomes and Veronika Part's Luscious, Heartbreaking La Bayadère 2008
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Sir Alcide Flicflac (premier danseur of H.M. Theatre)!
Roundabout Papers 2006
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