break-dancer

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English

Etymology

From break-dance +‎ -er.

Noun

break-dancer (plural break-dancers)

  1. Alternative form of breakdancer
    • 2008, Adrienne L. McLean, Dying Swans and Madmen: Ballet, the Body, and Narrative Cinema:
      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.
    • 2010, Maggy Whitehouse, The Miracle Man, page 241:
      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.
    • 2012, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc, Random Family:
      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.