Definition of "opera-dancer" [opera-dancer]

• One who dances in ballets introduced into operas; a ballet-dancer. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The manager appeared to say that the Duc de Rhetore and Tullia the opera-dancer were in the stage-box, and they had consented to allow Lucien to join them."
• "A minister, a duke, and an opera-dancer had joined the party of journalists, and wondered at their sinister power."
• "But I should like us to be quits for such a momentous service; that is, if you are not laughing at an unlucky wretch, so I wish that you may fall in love with an opera-dancer."