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contredance

contredance is the alternative spelling of contra dance.

Meaning of contra dance

Noun

contra dance (plural contra dances)

  1. A type of folk dance style in which couples dance in two facing lines of indefinite length.
    • [T]he Duchess, and the dandies, and the member's wife and all the rest of their tribulations, were happily hidden from the view by the towering bouquets of the gold plateau vases at the head of the room. [...] A contra-dance after supper was felt to be a national duty; but behind those fatal vases...1836, [Catherine Gore], chapter VIII, in Mrs. Armytage; or, Female Domination. […] In Three Volumes, volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 134

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Forms of contredance

pluralcontredances

Questions about contredance

What is contredance the alternative spelling of?
Contredance is the alternative spelling of contra dance.

Words near contredance in the dictionary

  1. contre-jour
  2. contrecoup
  3. contrecoups
  4. contrectation
  5. contrectations
  6. contredance
  7. contredances
  8. contredanse
  9. contredanses
  10. contree
  11. contrees

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