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rigaudon

rigaudon is the alternative form of rigadoon.

Meaning of rigadoon

Noun

rigadoon (plural rigadoons)

  1. A quickstep dance for two people.
  2. The music for this dance.
  3. (historical) Formerly in the French army, the beat of a drum while culprits were being marched to punishment.

Forms of rigaudon

pluralrigaudons

Questions about rigaudon

What is rigaudon the alternative form of?
Rigaudon is the alternative form of rigadoon.

Words near rigaudon in the dictionary

  1. rigation
  2. rigatone
  3. rigatoni
  4. rigatonis
  5. Rigaud
  6. rigaudon
  7. rigaudons
  8. Rigauds
  9. Rigby
  10. Rigbys
  11. Rigdon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rigaudon (page history and authors); rigadoon (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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