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contredanse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun contredanse has 1 sense
- contredanse(n = noun.act) contra danse, contradance, country dancing, country-dance - a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line; Array is a kind of folk dance, folk dancing
has particulars: longways, longways dance, square dance, square dancing, do-si-do, promenade, sashay, swing, landler
Derived form verb contredanse1
Verb contredanse has 1 sense
- contredanse(v = verb.motion) contra danse, contradance, country-dance - perform a contradance; Array is one way to dance, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe
Derived form noun contredanse1
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue contredanse
CIDE DICTIONARY
contredanse, n. [Cf. F. contredanse (fr. E. Country-dance). ].
- A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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