Ballet

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The company of persons who perform the ballet.

II. Ballet ·noun A light part song, or madrigal, with a fa la burden or chorus, — most common with the Elizabethan madrigal composers.

III. Ballet ·noun A bearing in coats of arms, representing one or more balls, which are denominated bezants, plates, ·etc., according to color.

IV. Ballet ·noun An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.