Meanings
plural exotic dancers
- euphemisticA stripper.
So you want to date a stripper? If you've answered yes, you've already made a big mistake. The woman you want to date is an “exotic dancer.” If you call a dancer a stripper, you've immediately insulted her.
2004, Valentine Selena, How to Date an Exotic Dancer: For Men Who Prefer Extraordinary Women, Island Waves, LLC, →ISBN, page 91 more example
The U.S. has thousands of strip clubs that, some reports say, collectively take in as much as $6 billion every year. […] I spoke with Liza[…] about how she became an exotic dancer, how the adult-entertainment industry is changing with increasing priority of the internet, and why people don’t consider her job respectable.
2016 October 19, Adrienne Green, “What It’s Like to Work as an Exotic Dancer”, in The Atlantic - euphemisticA pole dancer.
- euphemisticA belly dancer.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna performer who provides erotic entertainment by undressing to music
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 舞孃 /舞娘
- 舞孃 /舞娘 (wǔniáng)exotic dancer
Dutch exotisch danser, exotisch danseres
- exotisch danserexotic dancer
- exotisch danseresexotic dancer
Finnish eksoottinen tanssija
- eksoottinen tanssijaexotic dancer
German exotischer Tänzer, exotische Tänzerin
- exotischer Tänzerexotic dancer
- exotische Tänzerinexotic dancer
Irish damhsóir earótach
- damhsóir earótachexotic dancer
Polish tancerz erotyczny, tancerka erotyczna
- tancerz erotycznyexotic dancer
- tancerka erotycznaexotic dancer
Portuguese dançarino exótico, dançarina exótica
- dançarino exóticoexotic dancer
- dançarina exóticaexotic dancer
Cite this entry
exotic dancer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exotic%20dancer
“exotic dancer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exotic%20dancer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exotic dancer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exotic%20dancer.
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