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demisoloist

demisoloist noun: a dancer of a particular rank below soloist.

Noun

demisoloist (plural demisoloists)

  1. (ballet) A dancer of a particular rank below soloist.
    • This pretty-in-pink affair, for a couple (Abi Stafford and Jared Angle), four demisoloists and six female corps dancers, is set to a Britten score for strings.2009 May 22, Roslyn Sulcas, “Dancing to the Beat of an Elaborate Mathematical Equation”, in New York Times

Forms of demisoloist

pluraldemisoloists

Origin of demisoloist

From demi- + soloist.

Questions about demisoloist

What does demisoloist mean?
Demisoloist means a dancer of a particular rank below soloist.
What part of speech is demisoloist?
Demisoloist is a noun.
What is the plural of demisoloist?
The plural of demisoloist is demisoloists.

Words near demisoloist in the dictionary

  1. demisexuals
  2. demisharp
  3. demisharps
  4. demising
  5. Demism
  6. demisoloist
  7. demisoloists
  8. demisphere
  9. demispheres
  10. demispherical
  11. demiss

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