exotic dancer

noun

plural exotic dancers
: a person who dances or performs in a seductive or provocative manner while skimpily dressed or while gradually removing their clothes piece by piece especially to the accompaniment of music : stripper, stripteaser

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Photo: Getty Images As exotic dancer Ani in Anora, Madison’s brunette lengths shimmer with pink and purple tinsel. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2025 The throuple is introduced next, with Matt and Amani bringing exotic dancer Any, from Tijuana, Mexico, into their married life in San Diego. Liza Esquibias, People.com, 15 Jan. 2025 For the first five years of his life, the Cogar, Oklahoma, native and son of an exotic dancer lived in the Red Dog Saloon, a five-decade-old Oklahoma City strip club. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 28 Mar. 2024 Mikey Madison is winning kudos for her turn as the titular exotic dancer, as is Yura Borisov for the smitten Russian bodyguard. Steven Gaydos, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for exotic dancer 

Word History

First Known Use

1916, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of exotic dancer was in 1916

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“Exotic dancer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exotic%20dancer. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.

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