"ballet-dancer" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: ballet-dancers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ballet-dancer (plural ballet-dancers)
  1. Alternative form of ballet dancer. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: ballet dancer
    Sense id: en-ballet-dancer-en-noun-hwqQebpw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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