coryphee

They were suspended by a ribbon that had once done duty in the costume of a coryphee; they rose and fell to the young man's gentle breathing.

The Auction Block Rex Ellingwood Beach 1913

Scotch Highlanders, it consists of many folds of airy white material that protrude in the fanciful manner of the stage costume of a coryphee.

Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Thomas Stevens 1894

A celebrity, the Zu-Zu, the last coryphee whom Bertie had translated from a sphere of garret bread-and-cheese to a sphere of villa champagne and chicken (and who, of course, in proportion to the previous scarcity of her bread-and-cheese, grew immediately intolerant of any wine less than 90s the dozen), said the Cecil cared for nothing longer than a fortnight, unless it was his horse, Forest King.

Under Two Flags 1839-1908 Ouida 1873

That girl might be anything -- Queen of Spain, or coryphee in the opera ballet.

The Complete Project Gutenberg Writings of Charles Dudley Warner Charles Dudley Warner 1864

That girl might be anything -- Queen of Spain, or coryphee in the opera ballet.

Little Journey in the World Charles Dudley Warner 1864

The first was danced by a young talented Mariinsky coryphee dancer Konstantin Zverev, who had just made his debut as Espada in the Mariinsky Ballet's Birmingham tour in May.

The St. Petersburg Times 2008

"It would fill the tent in old Noo York, but it's n.g. in this here country, where everybody's either a coryphee or a clown or a pantaloon!

The Maids of Paradise 1899

"She is a Mademoiselle Julie Caumartin, and was a very popular coryphee.

The Parisians — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

It was only last evening that I met this lady at a soiree given by Mademoiselle Julie Caumartin, coryphee distinguee, in love with young Rameau. "

The Parisians — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838