Definition of "danseuse" [dan•seuse]

• A woman who is a ballet dancer. (noun)

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• "It is because of this groundswell that people like writer Shashi Tharoor, danseuse Mallika Sarabhai and ABN AMRO India chief Meera Sanyal stepped up to contest the elections."
• "The Indian internet community has also been abuzz with discussions on the controversy surrounding Varun Gandhi's inflammatory anti-Muslim speech and subsequent imprisonment, the incidents of shoe-throwing against Congress politicians P Chidambambaram and Naveen Jindal and BJP leader L K Advani, and the election campaigns of writer Shashi Tharoor, danseuse Mallika Sarabhai and ABN AMRO India chief Meera Sanyal."
• "Petite danseuse de quatorze ans bronze with muslin skirt and satin hair ribbon with wooden base"