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/kon"treuh dans', -dahns'/, n.contredanse.
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Contradance — Con tra*dance , n. [Pref. contra + dance: cf. F. contrdance. Cf. {Country dance}.] A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
contradance — [kän′trə dans΄] n. CONTREDANSE … English World dictionary
contradance — I noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line • Syn: ↑country dance, ↑country dancing, ↑contredanse, ↑contra danse • Derivationally related forms: ↑contra danse ( … Useful english dictionary
Contradance (solitaire) — Contradance (also known as Cotillion) is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. It is probably so called because when the game is won, it shows the king and the queen of each suit about to do a dance. It should not … Wikipedia
contradance — /ˈkɒntrədæns/ (say kontruhdans) noun → contredanse …
contra danse — I noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line • Syn: ↑country dance, ↑country dancing, ↑contredanse, ↑contradance • Derivationally related forms: ↑contredanse ( … Useful english dictionary
contredanse — I noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line • Syn: ↑country dance, ↑country dancing, ↑contra danse, ↑contradance • Derivationally related forms: ↑contra danse ( … Useful english dictionary
country-dance — I noun a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line • Syn: ↑country dancing, ↑contredanse, ↑contra danse, ↑contradance • Derivationally related forms: ↑contra danse ( … Useful english dictionary
Country-dance — Coun try dance ( d?ns ), n. [Prob. an adaptation of contradance.] See {Contradance}. [1913 Webster] He had introduced the English country dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Contra dance — Contredanse redirects here. For the Belarusian folk music band, see Contredanse (band). For the early and middle Western Classical music form, see Classical period (music). Contra dance (also contradance, contra dance and other variant spellings) … Wikipedia
