de Valois

[ duh val-wah ]

noun

1. Dame Ni·nette [ni-, net], Edris Stannus, 1898–2001, British ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director: founder of the Royal Ballet (originally the Sadler's Wells Ballet).

de Valois

/ də ˈvælwɑː /

noun

1. de ValoisNinette, Dame18982001FBritishIrishDANCE: ballet dancerDANCE: choreographer Dame Ninette (niːˈnɛt). original name Edris Stannus. 1898–2001, British ballet dancer and choreographer, born in Ireland: a founder of the Vic-Wells Ballet Company (1931), which under her direction became the Royal Ballet (1956)

Example Sentences

Mistress of the Chevalier de Valois, and mother of a child that was attributed to the old aristocrat.

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Adrian de Valois (or Valesius) died; a learned French historian and critic.

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At that instant the cries of little Charles de Valois, who had just awakened, were heard in the next room.

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The anointing alone makes the king, and Messire Charles de Valois had not been anointed.

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They heard the watch in the Rue de Valois; behind him, the keeper of the passage came to close the door.

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