saraband

(sarə band′)

noun

  1. a graceful, stately, slow Spanish dance in triple time, developed from an earlier lively dance
  2. a stylized dance of this type used as a movement in a classical suite

Origin: Fr sarabande < Sp zarabanda < ?

See saraband in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also sar·a·bande

noun
  1. A fast, erotic dance of the 16th century of Mexico and Spain.
  2. A stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries, in slow triple time.
  3. The music for either of these dances.

Origin:

Origin: French sarabande

Origin: , from Spanish zarabanda

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