Definition of "ballerina" []

• A principal woman dancer in a ballet company. (noun)
• A woman ballet dancer. (noun)

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• "Tiptoeing like a ballerina is the power of art to transform us."
• "•A ballerina is losing her skin on House (Fox, 8 ET/PT), and the good doctor may be losing his mind."
• "I removed my cap to reveal a slipping hairstyle (going, going, almost gone) and did a pirouette, graceful as a walrus in ballerina tights."