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Webster 1913 Edition


Country-dance

Coun′try-danceˊ

(-d?nsˊ)
,
Noun.
[Prob. an adaptation of
contradance
.]
He had introduced the English
country-dance
to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies.
Macaulay.

Definition 2024


country-dance

country-dance

See also: country dance

English

Noun

country-dance (plural country-dances)

  1. A dance carried out in the countryside, or by country people; used as a generic name for many native British dances, especially where partners face each other in a long line.