A female dancer.

One who dances; spec. one who dances professionally in public.

= dancing-girl, n.

= dancing-girl, n.

A girl who dances in public; a female professional dancer; esp. in India, a nautch-girl (in Portuguese bailadeira, bayadère, n. 1).

In Egypt: a trained female entertainer of a type that was formerly engaged to dance, sing, or recite poetry; (sometimes more loosely) a dancing…

= dancing-girl, n.

In Malaysia: a dancing girl; a female professional dancer who performs with a ronggeng troupe (see sense 2).

An Egyptian dancing-girl.

a dance hostess in a hurdy-gurdy house.

slang. A (small) dancer in a pony ballet; cf. pony ballet n. at compounds 2b. Now historical and rare.

A stage dancer, esp. a chorus-girl; also, a ballroom dancer. Also attributive and plural, dancing.