mazurkist

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English

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Etymology

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mazurka +‎ -ist

Noun

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mazurkist (plural mazurkists)

  1. A mazurka-dancer.
    • 1847, Henri Cellarius, The Drawing-room Dances, page 84:
      This indication will be particularly useful to extemporizing mazurkists, and can alone assure their success.
    • 1951, Frederik Goldbeck, The Perfect Conductor:
      Every Pole is a born mazurkist.
    • 1972, Maurice Edelman, Disraeli in Love, page 204:
      But I'm a musketeer, not a mazurkist!

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