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ST. DENIS

Overview

ST. DENIS (noun)
  The noun ST. DENIS has 1 sense:

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

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


English dictionary: Word details


ST. 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 


I found them, camarades, at the Church of St. Denis in the harrying of Narbonne, and I took them away with me lest they fall into the hands of the wicked.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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