English noun: dancer |
1. | dancer (person) a performer who dances professionally |
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| Synonyms | professional dancer, terpsichorean |
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| Broader (hypernym) | performer, performing artist |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | ballet dancer, ballet master, ballet mistress, belly dancer, chorine, chorus girl, dance master, dancing-master, exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer, hoofer, kachina, nautch girl, showgirl, stepper, tap dancer, tapper, taxi dancer |
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| Instance hyponym | Agnes de Mille, Agnes George de Mille, Alicia Alonso, Alonso, Anna Pavlova, Antony Tudor, Arthur Mitchell, Astaire, Balanchine, Baryshnikov, Cunningham, Dame Alicia Markova, Dame Margot Fonteyn, de Mille, Duncan, Eugene Curran Kelly, Fonteyn, Fred Astaire, Gaetan Vestris, Galina Sergeevna Ulanova, Galina Ulanova, Gene Kelly, George Balanchine, Ginger Rogers, Graham, Isadora Duncan, Jamison, Judith Jamison, Karsavina, Kelly, Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, Leonide Fedorovitch Massine, Lilian Alicia Marks, Lola Montez, Maria Tallchief, Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Markova, Martha Graham, Massine, Merce Cunningham, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Mitchell, Moira Shearer, Montez, Nijinsky, Nureyev, Pavlova, Rogers, Rudolf Nureyev, Ruth Saint Denis, Ruth St. Denis, Saint Denis, Salome, Shawn, Shearer, St. Denis, Tallchief, Tamara Karsavina, Ted Shawn, Tharp, Tudor, Twyla Tharp, Ulanova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Vestris, Virginia Katherine McMath, Virginia McMath, Waslaw Nijinsky |
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2. | dancer (person) a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball) |
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| Synonyms | social dancer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | clog dancer, dancing partner, folk dancer, raver, waltzer |
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