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Definition of Ballerina
1. Noun. A female ballet dancer.
Definition of Ballerina
1. Noun. A female ballet dancer. ¹
2. Noun. (context: less common sometimes derogatory) A male ballet dancer. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ballerina
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ballerina
Literary usage of Ballerina
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1833)
"MIRIAM LA ballerina. " Now by my hood, a Gentile, and no Jewess. ... Miriam la
ballerina a dancer— holy Father Abraham, my daughter an opera dancer! and ..."
2. My Adventures by Archibald Montgomery Maxwell (1845)
"HERE I am, in company with my friend Lieutenant D , in the metropolis of Upper
Italy, apparently yoked to the triumphal car of the fair ballerina, ..."
3. Florence, the New Capital of Italy by Charles Richard Weld (1867)
"... Queen of Portugal-—• A Venetian ballerina—Patti's Family—The Opera in Florence—
Great number of New Operas—Rossini's Operas — Ballets in Florence—Pretty ..."
4. Read & Understand Celebrating Diversity Grades 1-2 by Jill Norris (2000)
"Evelyn Cisneros Prima ballerina On the first day of school everyone stared at me.
The other kids laughed and pointed. They teased me because I looked ..."
5. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1877)
"The following are favourite words to these dance ai re : La bella ballerina è
entrata in bailo, Mírala un po' come la baila bene ! ..."
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