"stepdancer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stepdancers [plural]
Etymology: From step + dancer. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|step|dancer}} step + dancer Head templates: {{en-noun}} stepdancer (plural stepdancers)
  1. Someone who dances the step dance.
    Sense id: en-stepdancer-en-noun-dTzENzV~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "2": "step",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From step + dancer.",
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          "parents": [
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        {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2009 September 9, Ivy Knight, “newfoundlander's dictionary”, in Toronto Star:",
          "text": "We follow Stevie Lane, an old Irish stepdancer, who shuffles from bar to bar along the strip stopping in when the music calls him to bust out his step-dancing shoes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who dances the step dance."
      ],
      "id": "en-stepdancer-en-noun-dTzENzV~",
      "links": [
        [
          "step dance",
          "step dance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stepdancer"
}
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From step + dancer.",
  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "stepdancer (plural stepdancers)",
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    }
  ],
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        {
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          "text": "We follow Stevie Lane, an old Irish stepdancer, who shuffles from bar to bar along the strip stopping in when the music calls him to bust out his step-dancing shoes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Someone who dances the step dance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
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          "step dance"
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  ],
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