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contradanse

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con·tra·dance or con·tra·danse   (kŏn'trə-dāns')   
n.  Variants of contredanse.
con·tre·danse also con·tre·dance or con·tra·dance or con·tra·danse   (kŏn'trə-dāns')   
n.  

  1. A folk dance performed in two lines with the partners facing each other.

  2. The music for a contredanse.


[French, alteration (influenced by French contre-, opposite, and from Latin contrā-, contra-) of English country-dance.]
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