Courant

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  • n. A piece of music in triple time.
  • n. A lively dance; a coranto.
  • n. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.
  • n. A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.
  • n. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Running: in heraldry, specifically said of a horse, stag, or other beast so represented. See currant, current.
  • n. A running-string.
  • n. A kind of dance, consisting of a time, a step, a balance, and a coupee.
  • n. A piece of music taking its rhythm and form from such a dance.
  • n. A piece in triple time and with many runs and passages. The first form was much used as a component of the old-fashioned suite, usually following the allemande, while the second is the commoner Italian form.
  • n. A gazette; a news-letter or newspaper.
  • Word Usage
    "What's also au courant is Zuill Bailey, professor of cello at the University of Texas-El Paso."
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coranto    newspaper   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Durant   
    Same Context
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