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Webster 1913 Edition


Coranto

{

Co-rant

,

Co-ran′to

}
,
Noun.
[See
Courant
.]
A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.
It is harder to dance a
corant
well, than a jig.
Sir W. temple.
Dancing a
coranto
with him upon the heath.
Macaulay.

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coranto

coranto

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Noun

coranto (plural corantos or corantoes)

  1. A fast-paced dance which originated in France.
    • Macaulay
      Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath.
    • 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando
      Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.
  2. (historical) An early informational broadsheet, bringing together news and philosophical discussion.

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