Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The leading woman dancer in a ballet company.
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- noun The
leading ballerina in adance company .
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- noun a leading female ballet dancer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Italian : prima, feminine of primo, first + ballerina, ballerina.]
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From Italian.
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