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7 words match “BALLET”

BALLET n. 4 definitions
The company of persons who perform the ballet.
CORYPHEE n.
A ballet dancer.
DANSEUSE n.
a professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet.
DIVERTISSEMENT n.
A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play. Smart.
FIGURANTE n.
A female figurant; esp., a ballet girl.
OPERA n.
ily, sometimes seen in hothouses. It has curious flowers which have some resemblance to a ballet dancer, whence the popular name. Called also dancing girls. -- Opera glass, a short telescope with concave eye lenses of low power, usually made double, that is, with a tube and set of glasses for each eye; a lorgnette; --…
OVERTURE n.
composition, for a full orchestra, designed as an introduction to an oratorio, opera, or ballet, or as an independent piece; -- called in the latter case a concert overture.