courant

Variant of courante

noun

  1. an old, lively French dance with running steps, or the music for this
  2. a stylized dance of this type used as a movement in a classical suite

Origin: Fr < courant, prp. of courir, to run, glide < L currere, to run: see current

Also courant
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