SAINT DENIS

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• SAINT DENIS (noun)
  The noun SAINT DENIS has 1 sense:

1. United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968)

  Familiarity information: SAINT DENIS used as a noun is very rare.

• SAINT DENIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ted Shawn (1877-1968)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Ruth Saint Denis; Ruth St. Denis; Saint Denis; St. Denis

Instance hypernyms:

choreographer (someone who creates new dances)

dancer; professional dancer; terpsichorean (a performer who dances professionally)

 Context examples 

She would like the relics of great people better, for I've seen her Napoleon's cocked hat and gray coat, his baby's cradle and his old toothbrush, also Marie Antoinette's little shoe, the ring of Saint Denis, Charlemagne's sword, and many other interesting things.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)