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corps de ballet

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corps de bal⋅let

[kawr duh ba-ley, bal-ey; Fr. kawr duh ba-le]
–noun
the dancers in a ballet company who perform as a group and have no solo parts.

Origin:
1820–30; < F; see corps, ballet
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corps de bal·let   (kôr' də bā-lā', kōr')   
n.  The dancers in a ballet troupe who perform as a group.

[French : corps, corps + de, of + ballet, ballet.]
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