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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A folk dance in which two lines of couples face each other. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line wordnet
3. 3
   The quadrille. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   perform a contradance wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

contra dansecontra dansecontradancecontradancecontradancecountry dance

Etymology

From French contredanse, itself from English country dance.

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