Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A chorus girl.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a woman who dances in a chorus line.

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  • noun A female chorus line dancer; a chorus girl.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a woman who dances in a chorus line

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[chor(us) + –ine.]

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  • “Lena was farmed out fairly frequently and had to endure occasional racist slurs, beatings for minor infractions and schoolgirl mockery: she was called “little yellow bastard�? because of her supposedly “white daddy.�? At age 16, to the disapproval of some family members, she became a chorine at the celebrated Cotton Club, where Ethel Waters singing “Stormy Weather�? had a lasting effect on her.�?

    The New York Times, No Prisoner of Love, by John Simon, July 16, 2009

    July 19, 2009

  • Chorine - isn't she the girl who sits in the same row as that crazy woman Fuorine?

    July 20, 2009