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polonaise definition

polo·naise (päl′ə nāz′, pō′lə-)

noun

  1. an 18th-cent. dress with the skirt divided in front and worn looped back over an elaborate underskirt, originally in Poland
  2. a stately Polish dance in triple time, almost processional in character
  3. music for this dance

Etymology: Fr < fem. of polonais, Polish

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