Definition of Contradance

1. Noun. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line.


2. Verb. Perform a contradance. "Sam and Sue contradance"

Definition of Contradance

1. n. A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

Definition of Contradance

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of contra dance) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Contradance

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contradance (current term)
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Literary usage of Contradance

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Three Years in the Pacific: Containing Notices of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia by William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger (1835)
"The contradance was followed by quadrilles and waltzing. " Dulces," or sweetmeats of various kinds, are served during the evening, in a manner that is ..."

2. Select Original Dialogues: Or, Spanish and English Conversations: for the by José Antonio Pizarro (1836)
"I thank you, Sir, I am al- ready engaged for this contradance. Will yon dance with me the next ... The contradance is very graceful. They kept good time. ..."

3. Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore (1886)
"Eaton was the honored guest, who led the contradance, and occupied the seat at table on the right of the host. Some respectable ladies were so shocked by ..."

4. The Pianoforte and Its Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1911)
"In its original form it is a little contradance which Beethoven may have written as early as 1795. In the pianoforte variations, as in the symphonic, ..."

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