maître de ballet

[ French me-truh duh ba-ley ]

noun

, plural maî·tres de bal·let [me-t, r, uh, d, uh, b, a, -, ley].

1. ballet master.

Word History and Origins

Origin of maître de ballet¹

1815–25; < French: master of ballet

Example Sentences

On the second day of Paris fashion week, Premier Maître de ballet John Galliano outdid himself with more than the usual four grand acts of love, regret, death, and absolution.

From New York Times

Leonide Massine, the maitre de ballet, was still the surest-footed dancer.

From Time Magazine Archive

To accommodate the troupe there had been six Pullmans, four baggage cars and a diner, besides the two-room auto-trailer which Leonide Massine, maitre de ballet, used because he wanted his borshch and pirozhki prepared by his own Russian cook.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mice 9 Rest 10 'The Strength, the Mellow Music, and the Laughter' 11 Ashes 12 'Du bist wie eine Blume' 13 Home 14 'Maître de Ballet' 15 The Grudge 16 Wedding Day 17 Crucifixion 18 Spring in Winter 19 The Exile 20 Sonnet for Helen 21 Song 22 Musings 23 The Poet 24 'If all the trees were magic trees' 26 'Alone with these my poems...'

From Project Gutenberg

Sacré! how monsieur dance! like un maître de ballet.

From Project Gutenberg