Definition of "dancer"

dancer

/ˈdɑːns.ə(ɹ)/

noun
plural dancers
1. A person who dances, usually as a hobby, an occupation, or a profession.
2. (euphemistic) A stripper.
3. (obsolete, slang) Synonym of garreter (“a thief who used housetops to enter by garret windows”)
  Quotations
  [A]bout 40 were burglars, "dancers," "garreters," and other adepts with the skeleton keys.
  1889, Charles Tempest Clarkson, J. Hall Richardson, Police!, page 260