Rigadoon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A lively jumping quickstep for two couples.
  • n. Music for this dance, usually in rapid duple meter.
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  • n. A quickstep dance for two people.
  • n. The music for this dance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A gay, lively dance for one couple, -- said to have been borrowed from Provence in France.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A lively dance for one couple, characterized by a peculiar jumping step. It probably originated in Provence. It was very popular in England in the seventeenth century.
  • n. Music for such a dance, the rhythm being usually duple (occasionally sextuple) and quick.
  • n. Formerly, in the French army, a beat of drum while men condemned to be shelled were, previous to their punishment, paraded up and down the ranks.
    • Word Usage
    "] [Footnote 341: The rigadoon was a dance for two persons."
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