danseuse

[ French dahn-sœz ]

/ French dɑ̃ˈsœz /

a female ballet dancer.

Origin of danseuse

1835–45; < French; feminine of danseur; see -euse

If I had found him a wife, he would not have got entangled with this danseuse.

The Two Brothers |Honore de Balzac
From 1820 to 1823, Florentine had the experience of every danseuse of nineteen to twenty years of age.

A Start in Life |Honore de Balzac
The danseuse had subsided into an interim condition of mute tension.

The Crooked House |Brandon Fleming
Again: A dance was required at a moment's notice for a second danseuse, and the stage manager was distracted.

Operas Every Child Should Know |Mary Schell Hoke Bacon

The danseuse had recovered consciousness, and was crying hysterically.

The Crooked House |Brandon Fleming

danseuse

/ French (dɑ̃søz) /

a female ballet dancer