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dawncer

dawncer 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 dawncer

pluraldawncers

Origin of dawncer

From dawnce + -er.

Questions about dawncer

What is dawncer the obsolete form of?
Dawncer is the obsolete form of dancer.

Words near dawncer in the dictionary

  1. dawn redwoods
  2. dawn upon
  3. Dawna
  4. Dawnay
  5. dawnce
  6. dawncer
  7. dawncers
  8. dawnder
  9. dawndered
  10. dawndering
  11. dawnders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dawncer (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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