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Gavotte

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A French peasant dance of Baroque origin in moderately quick duple meter.

n. Music for this dance.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A French dance, either in 4/4 or 2/2 time.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. an old formal French dance in quadruple time

n. music composed in quadruple time for dancing the gavotte

Word Usage

"Well, at the end of each term there was what they called an "exhibition ball," in which the scholars danced cotillons and country-dances; also something called a "gavotte," and I think one or more walked a minuet."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

social dancing dance music

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

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