porteurn.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːtə/, U.S.

/ˈpɔrdər/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French porteur.

Etymology: < French porteur (1933 or earlier), specific sense of porteur porter n.²

Ballet.

A male dancer whose role is to lift or support a ballerina when she performs leaping or jumping movements.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > ballet-dancer > male

danseur1828

ballerino1934

porteur1936

1936 A. Haskell in ‘C. Brahms’ Footnotes to Ballet 5 Taglioni (1821) was frail and ethereal, and..she shone so brightly that the male was soon degraded to the rôle of porteur from which Nijinsky finally rescued it.

1949 Ballet Ann. 3 93 With the advent of the Italian ballerina..ballet became even more a vehicle for the virtuosity of the female dancer backed by rows of pretty girls in the corps de ballet. The male dancer was..relegated to the position of porteur.

1961 G. B. L. Wilson Dict. Ballet (rev. ed.) 235 The male dancer in Western Europe was relegated to the rôle of a porteur during the half century preceding the coming of the Diaghileff Ballet and male dancing rôles were taken by the danseuse travestie.

2003 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 19 Oct. 9 With stars such as Guillem and Bussell monopolising tall handsome porteurs such as Roberto Bolle and Jonathan Cope, Yanowsky was left trapped in supporting roles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	porteur
释义	porteurn. Brit. /ˈpɔːtə/, U.S. /ˈpɔrdər/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French porteur. Etymology: < French porteur (1933 or earlier), specific sense of porteur porter n.² Ballet. A male dancer whose role is to lift or support a ballerina when she performs leaping or jumping movements. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > ballet > [noun] > ballet-dancer > male danseur1828 ballerino1934 porteur1936 1936 A. Haskell in ‘C. Brahms’ Footnotes to Ballet 5 Taglioni (1821) was frail and ethereal, and..she shone so brightly that the male was soon degraded to the rôle of porteur from which Nijinsky finally rescued it. 1949 Ballet Ann. 3 93 With the advent of the Italian ballerina..ballet became even more a vehicle for the virtuosity of the female dancer backed by rows of pretty girls in the corps de ballet. The male dancer was..relegated to the position of porteur. 1961 G. B. L. Wilson Dict. Ballet (rev. ed.) 235 The male dancer in Western Europe was relegated to the rôle of a porteur during the half century preceding the coming of the Diaghileff Ballet and male dancing rôles were taken by the danseuse travestie. 2003 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 19 Oct. 9 With stars such as Guillem and Bussell monopolising tall handsome porteurs such as Roberto Bolle and Jonathan Cope, Yanowsky was left trapped in supporting roles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1936
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