danseurn.
/dɒnˈsəː/, /dɑːnˈsəː/, /danˈsəː/, U.S. /dænˈsər/ A male ballet-dancer.
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danseur1828
ballerino1934
porteur1936
1828 J. Ebers Seven Years King's Theatre iii. 66 They directed their endeavours towards forming an engagement with Albert, premier danseur.
1912 J. E. C. Flitch Mod. Dancing ii. 32 Perhaps the greatest danseur who has ever lived—Gætano Vestris.
1943 K. Ambrose Ballet-lover's Pocket-bk. 36 When the attributes of the ideal danseur are under discussion, it is first necessary to determine whether one is speaking of the male dancer as a soloist, or primarily as a partner to a ballérina: a danseur noble.
1959 Observer 24 May 19/5 Some of those portly senior danseurs were prudently left behind.
Derivatives
danseur noble n. [see noble adj.] the partner of a ballerina.
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1947 Ballet Ann. 1 55 A danseur noble and pefect partner in classical adagio.
1961 Times 11 May 18/6 Mr. Royes Fernandez—a true danseur noble.
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