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BALLERINA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ballerina mean?
• BALLERINA (noun)
The noun BALLERINA has 1 sense:
1. a female ballet dancer
Familiarity information: BALLERINA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A female ballet dancer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ballerina; danseuse
Hypernyms ("ballerina" is a kind of...):
ballet dancer (a trained dancer who is a member of a ballet company)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ballerina"):
prima ballerina (a leading female ballet dancer)
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