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prima ballerina definition

prima ballerina (prē′mə)

the principal woman dancer in a ballet company

Etymology: It, lit., first ballerina

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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