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Definition of Coryphee
1. Noun. A ballet dancer ranking above a member of the corps de ballet and below a soloist. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coryphee
1. a ballet dancer [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coryphee
Literary usage of Coryphee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bentley Ballads: A Selection of the Choice Ballads, Songs, &c by Doran (John) (1858)
"... THE coryphee. I AM one of the twelve who come six from each side, With gauze
wings and scarfs, and dance round the bride, And then in a line to the ..."
2. An universal history, from the earliest accounts to the present time by Universal history (1780)
"What they could not part by this way, they cut off with a little knife, which
they carried in their girdle. When the company was numerous, the coryphee, ..."
3. The Women of New York; Or, The Under-world of the Great City: Illustrating by George Ellington (1869)
"It is probably supposed by many that an engagement once effected the life of the
coryphee becomes one of comparative ease, but such is not the case. ..."
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