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• prima donna — meaning ‘chief female singer’ of a company or ‘a temperamentally self important person’, has the plural form prima donnas. The adjectival form, in the allusive meaning, is prima donna ish …   Modern English usage

• prima donna — n. (pl. prima donnas) 1 the chief female singer in an opera or opera company. 2 a temperamentally self important person. Derivatives: prima donna ish adj. Etymology: It …   Useful english dictionary

• prima donna — [ˌpri:mə dɒnə] noun 1》 the chief female singer in an opera or opera company. 2》 a very temperamental and self important person. Derivatives prima donna ish adjective Origin C18: Ital., lit. first lady …   English new terms dictionary

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• Annetta Grodner — (or Gradner) was a Ukrainian Jewish singer and actress, the first prima donna in Yiddish theater.The daughter of a bootmaker in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, she met and married Israel Grodner some time around 1870, when he passed through Kremenchuk in… …   Wikipedia

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• performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …   Universalium