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contredanse definition

contre·danse (kän′trə dans′)

noun

  1. a folk dance in which the partners form two facing lines; country-dance
  2. music for this dance

Etymology: Fr, altered (infl. by contre, opposite) < country-dance

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