Definition of Coryphee

1. Noun. A ballet dancer ranking above a member of the corps de ballet and below a soloist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coryphee

1. a ballet dancer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coryphee

coryneform
coryphaei
coryphaeus
coryphantha
coryphe
coryphee (current term)
coryphees
coryphei
coryphene
coryphenes
coryphes
corypheus
corypheuses
coryphodont
coryphodonts
coryphée
coryphées
corythosaur
corythosaurus
coryza
coryzae
coryzal
coryzas
coryzæ
cos
cos lettuce
cos site
cosalite
coscinomancy
coscoroba

Literary usage of Coryphee

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

1. The Bentley Ballads: A Selection of the Choice Ballads, Songs, &c by Doran (John) (1858)
"... THE coryphee. I AM one of the twelve who come six from each side, With gauze wings and scarfs, and dance round the bride, And then in a line to the ..."

2. An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time by Universal history (1780)
"What they could not part by this way, they cut off with a little knife, which they carried in their girdle. When the company was numerous, the coryphee, ..."

3. The Women of New York; Or, The Under-world of the Great City: Illustrating by George Ellington (1869)
"It is probably supposed by many that an engagement once effected the life of the coryphee becomes one of comparative ease, but such is not the case. ..."

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