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Webster 1913 Edition

Pavan

Pav′an

,
Noun.
[F.
pavane
; cf. It. & Sp.
pavana
, and Sp.
pavon
,
pavo
, a peacock, L.
pavo
.]
A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; – so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock.
[Written also
pavane
,
paven
,
pavian
, and
pavin
.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Pavan

PAVAN'

,
Noun.
[L. pavo, a peacock.] A grave dance among the Spaniards. In this dance, the performers make a kind of wheel before each other, the gentlemen dancing with cap and sword,princes with long robes, and the ladies with long trails; the motions resembling the stately steps of the peacock.

Definition 2024

pavan

pavan

See also: pǟvan and Pǟvan

Venetian

Adjective

pavan m (feminine singular pavana, masculine plural pavani, feminine plural pavane)

  1. Paduan

Noun

pavan

  1. Paduan (dialect)

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