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Definition of Ailey
1. Noun. United States choreographer noted for his use of African elements (born in 1931).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ailey
Literary usage of Ailey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1900)
"... and its Cathedral SITUATION AND ASPECT OF RIPON—EARLY HISTORY OF THE CITY—THE
TUMULUS AT Ailey HILL—FIRST INCORPORATION OF RIPON—CUSTOM OF THE WAKEMAN'S ..."
2. A Picturesque History of Yorkshire: Being an Account of the History by Joseph Smith Fletcher (1900)
"... and its Cathedral SITUATION AND ASPECT OF RIPON—EARLY HISTORY OF THE CITY—THE
TUMULUS AT Ailey HILL—FIRST INCORPORATION OF RIPON—CUSTOM OF THE WAKEMAN'S ..."
3. The British Theatre; Or, A Collection of Plays: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald, Elizabeth Inchbald (1808)
"Then up went Ailey, Ailey, $c. $c. Now,Jie, John Thompson, run, ... Then up went
Ailey, Sf.c. SfC. And 'egad he ran with speed, But before he had run his ..."
4. The Works of Orestes A. Brownson by Orestes Augustus Brownson, Henry Francis Brownson (1887)
"... of its fourteenth volume, with the compliments of the season to all our friends,
who we will not believe are not as numerous as ever. Ailey MOORE. ..."