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matachine

matachine is the alternative form of matachin.

Meaning of matachin

Noun

matachin (plural matachins or matachines)

  1. A carnivalesque dance with swords and bucklers, traditionally performed in Spain by costumed troupes.
  2. A dancer who performs this dance.

Forms of matachine

pluralmatachines

Questions about matachine

What is matachine the alternative form of?
Matachine is the alternative form of matachin.

Words near matachine in the dictionary

  1. Matabeleland North
  2. Matabeleland South
  3. matachin
  4. matachina
  5. matachinas
  6. matachine
  7. matachines
  8. matachini
  9. matachinis
  10. matachins
  11. Mataco

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matachine (page history and authors); matachin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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