1. Nureyev - Noun
2. Nureyev - Proper noun
Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)
Source: WordNetAs a cameraman, I was paid to stand within a few feet of Yehudi Menuhin performing. I saw Rudolph Nureyev dancing. I couldn't believe I was being paid for that. Michael Bond
While other girls swooned over The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, I worshipped Rudolf Nureyev and Isadora Duncan. Celia Imrie
Much later Freddie Mercury of Queen and Rudolf Nureyev (the Russian ballet dancer) also died of AIDS. Source: Internet
Visagie explained that it is quite significant as Nureyev is a tatar himself (tatars are people who come from the region in Russia). Source: Internet