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saraband definition

sara·band (sar′ə 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

Etymology: Fr sarabande < Sp zarabanda < ?

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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