ballerina
noun/ˌbæləˈriːnə/
/ˌbæləˈriːnə/
- a female dancer in ballet see also prima ballerinaTopics Jobsc2Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Italian, feminine of ballerino ‘dancing master’, from ballare ‘to dance’, from late Latin.
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