Word

terpsichorean, n.
(terpsichoreans)

a performer who dances professionally
<noun.person> freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

dancer professional dancer terpsichorean

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

ballet dancer ballet master ballet mistress belly dancer, exotic belly dancer, exotic dancer chorine, chorus girl, showgirl dancing-master, dance master hoofer, stepper kachina nautch girl tap dancer, tapper taxi dancer

hypernym

performer, performing artist

instance hyponym

Alonso, Alicia Alonso Astaire, Fred Astaire Balanchine, George Balanchine Baryshnikov, Mikhail Baryshnikov Cunningham, Merce Cunningham de Mille, Agnes de Mille, Agnes George de Mille Duncan, Isadora Duncan Fonteyn, Dame Margot Fonteyn Graham, Martha Graham Jamison, Judith Jamison Karsavina, Tamara Karsavina Kelly, Gene Kelly, Eugene Curran Kelly Markova, Dame Alicia Markova, Lilian Alicia Marks Massine, Leonide Fedorovitch Massine, Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin Mitchell, Arthur Mitchell Montez, Lola Montez, Marie Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert Nijinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Waslaw Nijinsky Nureyev, Rudolf Nureyev Pavlova, Anna Pavlova Rogers, Ginger Rogers, Virginia McMath, Virginia Katherine McMath Salome Shawn, Ted Shawn Shearer, Moira Shearer St. Denis, Saint Denis, Ruth Saint Denis, Ruth St. Denis Tallchief, Maria Tallchief Tharp, Twyla Tharp Tudor, Antony Tudor Ulanova, Galina Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna Ulanova Vestris, Gaetan Vestris