Word Study
ballerina
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ballerina, n. a female ballet-dancer.
Etymology
It., fem. of ballerino dancing-master f. ballare dance f. LL: see BALL(2)
THESAURUS
ballerina
ballet dancer, ballet girl, ballroom dancer, choral dancer, chorus boy, chorus girl, clog dancer, coryphee, dancer, dancing girl, danseur, danseur noble, danseuse, figurant, figurante, geisha, geisha girl, heel-and-toe dancer, hoofer, hula girl, nautch girl, square-dancer, terpsichoreanFor further exploring for "ballerina" in Webster Dictionary Online