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break-dancer en · NOUN

Etymology

From break-dance + -er.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of breakdancer.
   alt of breakdancer
   • Puma had cinematic presence, and he was a remarkable break-dancer, but when he met Jessica his career was sliding to the bottom of its brief slope of success. 2012, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Random Family:
   • Barbara was a part-Iranian Harley-Davidson-riding rock-chick contralto from Los Angeles; Colm an Irish dancer from Pennsylvania; Stuart an All-American acrobat from Tulsa, Melissa had the voice of Aretha Franklin, Simon was a black break-dancer from Brooklyn and Lucifer was Lucifer. 2010, Maggy Whitehouse, The Miracle Man, page 241:
   • More obviously than any classical Hollywood musical, Flashdance utilizes the “opera vs. swing” narrative to suggest that ballet is a moribund, effete, and stiff form that has been waiting for a break-dancer to bring it to life and make it relevant. 2008, Adrienne L. McLean, Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema:

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