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dauncer

dauncer is the obsolete form of dancer.

Meaning of dancer

Noun

dancer (plural dancers)

  1. A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
    • I'm a terrible dancer.
    Synonyms:
    stepper
  2. (euphemistic) A stripper.
    Synonyms:
    exotic dancer
  3. (obsolete, slang) 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

See all 5 meanings of dancer

Forms of dauncer

pluraldauncers

Origin of dauncer

From daunce + -er.

Questions about dauncer

What is dauncer the obsolete form of?
Dauncer is the obsolete form of dancer.

Words near dauncer in the dictionary

  1. Dauls
  2. Daulton
  3. Daultons
  4. daunc't
  5. daunce
  6. dauncer
  7. dauncers
  8. daunces
  9. dauncy
  10. daunder
  11. daundered

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dauncer (page history and authors); dancer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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