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noun
1.
a principal female dancer in a ballet company. Compare prima ballerina.
2.
any female ballet dancer.
3.
a woman's very low-heeled or heelless shoe or slipper, made to resemble a ballet slipper.
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ballerina
1792, from It., lit. "dancing girl," fem. of ballerino "dancer," from ballo "a dance" (see ball (2)). The It. plural form ballerine formerly sometimes was used in Eng.
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