Meaning of COUNTRY-DANCE
| Pronunciation: | | 'kuntree dans
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- [n] a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line
- [v] perform a contradance
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| | Synonyms: | | contra danse, contra danse, contradance, contredanse, contredanse, country dancing |
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| | See Also: | | dance, do-si-do, folk dance, folk dancing, landler, longways, longways dance, promenade, sashay, square dance, square dancing, swing, trip the light fantastic, trip the light fantastic toe | |
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| | Definition: | | \Coun"try-dance`\ (-d?ns`), n. [Prob. an
adaptation of contradance.]
See {Contradance}.
He had introduced the English country-dance to the
knowledge of the Dutch ladies. --Macaulay.
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