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bourrée definition

bour·rée (bo̵̅o̅ rā′)

noun

  1. a lively 17th-cent. French dance in duple time
  2. music for this dance, or a composition of similar rhythm

Etymology: Fr < bourrir, to beat wings, whir (as a partridge)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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