dancer

A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.

Noun

  1. A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
    • I'm a terrible dancer.

    Synonyms: stepper

  2. A stripper.

    Synonyms: exotic dancer

  3. Synonym of garreter (“a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows”).
    • [A]bout 40 were burglars, "dancers," "garreters," and other adepts with the skeleton keys. - 1889, Charles Tempest Clarkson, J. Hall Richardson, Police!, page 260:

    Synonyms: garreter

Origin

From Middle English dauncer, dawncere, dancere, equivalent to dance + -er.

Forms

dancers dauncer dawncer

Hyponyms

ballerina ballerino Billy Elliot breakdancer chorus girl co-dancer Fred Astaire jiver John Travolta krumper majorette moonwalker twerker twinkle toes waltzer

Related

dancing

Derived

ballet dancer belly dancer break dancer break-dancer cage dancer dad dancer danceress dancerette dancerly devil dancer exotic dancer fan dancer fire dancer folk dancer gandy dancer gandy-dancer go-go dancer grave dancer gravedancer lap-dancer lap dancer macho dancer morris-dancer morris dancer