Definition of Danseur

1. Noun. A male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina.

Exact synonyms: Danseur Noble
Generic synonyms: Ballet Dancer

Definition of Danseur

1. a male ballet dancer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Danseur

danishes
dank
danker
dankest
dankish
dankishness
dankly
dankness
danknesses
danks
danophone
danophones
danpatsushiki
danse du ventre
danse macabre
danseur (current term)
danseur noble
danseurs
danseuse
danseuses
danso
dansyl
dansyl chloride
dansyl compounds
dansylated
dant
danted
danthron
danting
dantoned

Literary usage of Danseur

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mezzofanti's System of Learning Languages Applied to the Study of French by Jean Roemer (1851)
"LE danseur DE CORDE ET LE BALANCIER. Sur la corde'tendue un jeune voltigeur ... Notre jeune danseur, tout fier de son talent, Dit un jour : A quoi bon ce ..."

2. The royal phraseological English-French, French-English dictionary by John Charles Tarver (1853)
"Je n'ai pas dt danseur, de danseuse, I have no partner. ... danseur, danseuse de Copera, opera dancer, . ..."

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