polonaise

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(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

Origin: Fr < fem. of polonais, Polish

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noun
  1. A stately, marchlike Polish dance, primarily a promenade by couples.
  2. Music for or based on the traditional rhythm of this dance, having triple meter.
  3. A woman's dress of the 18th century, having a fitted bodice and draped cutaway skirt, worn over an elaborate underskirt.

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Origin: French

Origin: , from feminine of polonais, Polish

Origin: , from Medieval Latin Polōnia, Poland

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