Definition of Baladine

1. a female theatrical dancer [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Baladine

bakshished
bakshishes
bakshishing
baktun
baktuns
bakuchiol
bal
bal-chatri
bal-chatris
balaam
balachong
balaclava
balaclava helmet
balaclavas
baladin
baladine (current term)
baladines
baladins
balaenoidea
balafon
balafons
balagan
balalaika
balalaikas
balance
balance-beam
balance-of-payments problem
balance beam
balance beams
balance board

Literary usage of Baladine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1853)
"LORD BRAYBROOKE has suggested to me, with some show of reason, that the first may be the “Mrs. baladine” who held a place of less emolument (that of dresser ..."

2. The Sermons of Mr. Yorick by Laurence Sterne, Wilbur Lucius Cross (1904)
"... son of baladine king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah : he had heard the fame of his sickness and recovery ; for as the Chaldeans ..."

3. The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon, William Aldis Wright (1885)
"We must awake endeavour for defence.' Shakespeare, K. John, ii. 1. Si. B. Backward, adv. Backwards: p. 38, 1. 19. baladine, sb. A ballet dancer: p. 165,l. ..."

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