danseurs nobles

dan·seur no·ble

[French dahn-sœr naw-bluh]
noun, plural dan·seurs no·bles [French dahn-sœr naw-bluh] .
a male dancer who is the partner of a ballerina, as in a pas de deux.

Origin:
1940–45; < French; literally, noble dancer

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danseur noble

noun
a male ballet dancer who is the partner of a ballerina [syn: danseur
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