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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An adults-only drama about an exotic dancer's entanglements with a rich family (and its many secrets), Tyler Perry's Beauty in Black is dark, violent, and scandalous, with storylines revolving around murder, blackmail, and human trafficking. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025 The two fell in love with the single mother and exotic dancer from Tijuana, Mexico after getting to know her. Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 23 Feb. 2025 But Hood also spent about four years as an exotic dancer in her home state of Ohio. Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 19 Feb. 2025 In December 2023, a court ruling allowed a receiver to seize additional assets to satisfy a nearly $10 million judgment against him related to a lawsuit filed by an exotic dancer in Miami. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025 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 26 Mar. 2025.

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