dancer

¹

[ dan-ser, dahn- ]

noun

1. a person who dances.
2. a person who dances professionally, as on the stage.

Dancer

²

[ dan-ser, dahn- ]

noun

1. Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.

Other Words From

• non·dancer noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dancer¹

1250–1300; Middle English dauncer; dance, -er ¹

Example Sentences

His favourite film was Billy Elliot, the tale of a northern working-class boy who fights poverty and prejudice and poverty to become a leading ballet dancer.

From BBC

“Hannah taught me that every wheelchair user’s range of motion is different, so we would just go move by move and feel it out, like we do with any dancer.”

From Los Angeles Times

A break dancer made an Amazon factory a snappy, a happy place for field recording.

From Los Angeles Times

Ahead of the Season 33 semifinals, Green and two of the show’s professional dancers, Rylee Arnold, 19, and Witney Carson, 31, explained their parts in making “Dancing With the Stars” a hit with Gen Z.

From New York Times

Shklyarov knew he thrived as a solo dancer, noting in interviews that he had struggled to adjust and follow lines in corps de ballet roles.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• ballet dancer