† danceressn.
Obsolete.
A female dancer.
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society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female
hoppesterec1000
leaperessa1382
danceressa1425
Terpsichore1710
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society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > female > professional
danceressa1425
dancerc1440
dancing-damsel1606
dancing-wench1698
dancing-girl1762
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dancing-woman1810
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society > leisure > dancing > dancer generally > [noun] > couple > partner > female
danceress1855
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. ix. 4 Be thou not customable with a daunseresse [1382 a leperesse or tumbler], neither here thou hir.
a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xli. f. lxiiv/1 The moost excellent Iougleresse or Daunceresse that was in the cytee of Anthyoche.
1633 W. Prynne Histrio-mastix i. v. viii. 260 What doth a Danceresse doe? She impudently uncovers her head.
1855 Househ. Words 11 57 A cavalier may..offer..a glass now and then to his danceress.
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