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Noun: Nureyev  nû'rey-ef
  1. Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)
    - Rudolf Nureyev

Type of: dancer, professional dancer, terpsichorean

Encyclopedia: Nureyev