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coryphée definition

co·ry·phée (kō′ri fā′, kôr′ə-)

noun

a ballet dancer ranking just above the corps de ballet and below the soloists

Etymology: Fr: see coryphaeus

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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