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voguer

voguer

English

Noun

voguer (plural voguers)

  1. One who dances in the vogue style.
    • 2008 March 19, Claudia La Rocco, “Voguers Take Back the Night and the Dance Stage”, in New York Times:
      The tall, elegant Mr. Burnett unfurled his limbs in the precise yet fluid phrasing employed by voguers.

French

Etymology

From Italian vogare, or alternatively possibly of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną (to sway, fluctuate).

Verb

voguer

  1. (intransitive) to travel through the water
    1. (of a ship, or goods on a ship) to sail
    2. (of an animal) to swim
    3. (of rowers) to row

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • vogueur

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