cor|y|phée

cor|y|phée
cor|y|phée «KR uh FAY, KOR-», noun.
1. a ballet dancer who dances in small ensembles, ranking just below a soloist, but above the corps de ballet.
2. any ballet dancer.
[< French coryphée < Latin coryphaeus; see etym. under coryphaeus (Cf.coryphaeus)]

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