'Dancer' definitions:
Definition of 'dancer'
From: WordNet
noun
A performer who dances professionally [syn: dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean]
noun
A person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball) [syn: dancer, social dancer]
Definition of 'Dancer'
From: GCIDE
- Dancer \Dan"cer\, n. One who dances or who practices dancing. [1913 Webster]
- The merry dancers, beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dancer'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- artist,
- artiste,
- ballerina,
- ballet dancer,
- ballet girl,
- ballroom dancer,
- belly dancer,
- burlesque queen,
- choral dancer,
- chorine,
- chorus boy,
- chorus girl,
- clog dancer,
- conjurer,
- coryphee,
- dancing girl,
- danseur,
- danseur noble,
- danseuse,
- ecdysiast,
- entertainer,
- exotic dancer,
- female impersonator,
- figurant,
- figurante,
- geisha,
- geisha girl,
- guisard,
- guiser,
- heel-and-toe dancer,
- hoofer,
- hula girl,
- impersonator,
- magician,
- mountebank,
- mummer,
- musician,
- nautch girl,
- peeler,
- performer,
- prestidigitator,
- prima ballerina,
- public entertainer,
- show girl,
- singer,
- square-dancer,
- stripper,
- stripteaser,
- stripteuse,
- terpsichorean,
- vaudevillian,
- vaudevillist