country-dance

Speech parts

1. country-dance - Noun

2. country-dance - Verb

Meaning

See Contradance.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

country dance

Synonyms

contradance country dancing contredanse contra danse

Hypernyms

dance folk dance folk dancing trip the light fantastic trip the light fantastic toe

Hyponyms

swing promenade landler longways square dance square dancing

Examples

But the vogue for the waltz and the quadrille ousted the country dance from English ballrooms in the early 19th century, though Scottish country dance remained popular. Source: Internet

Britannia Coconut Dancers are an English country dance troupe from Bacup whose routines are steeped in local folk tradition. Source: Internet

History A village country dance - engraving by Abraham Bosse, 1633. Source: Internet

Hughes, pp. 144–45 In The Sorcerer, there is a country dance in "If you'll marry me". Source: Internet

English country dance survived well beyond the Baroque era and eventually spread in various forms across Europe and its colonies, and to all levels of society. Source: Internet

Johnson had been playing for a few weeks at a country dance in a town about convert from Greenwood. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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