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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Elsa is experiencing for the first time the panic attacks Raúl has been having for decades, and Elsa met Bonifacio through his side job as an exotic dancer, which is how Raúl met his own handsome, doting younger partner Santi (Quim Gutiérrez). Alison Willmore, Vulture, 20 May 2026 The boys’ mother tries to maintain the peace, but she’s stretched thin, working nights as an exotic dancer and sleeping much of the day. Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 19 May 2026 Opening statements began Tuesday in the robbery trial of an Arizona man accused of targeting exotic dancers in 2020, three years before he is alleged to have helped carry out a horrific plot to kidnap and murder one of the women. Tim Stelloh, NBC news, 12 May 2026 There will also be episodes devoted to the infamous match between Necro Butcher and Samoa Joe, one-legged wrestler Zach Gowen, and Rick Wilson, an exotic dancer who had a brief run as Ultimate Warrior knockoff The Renegade. Joe Otterson, Variety, 7 May 2026 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 30 May. 2026.

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