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Definition of Contradance
1. Verb. Perform a contradance. "Sam and Sue contradance"
Generic synonyms: Dance, Trip The Light Fantastic, Trip The Light Fantastic Toe
Derivative terms: Contra Danse, Contredanse, Country-dance
2. Noun. A type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line.
Generic synonyms: Folk Dance, Folk Dancing
Specialized synonyms: Longways, Longways Dance, Square Dance, Square Dancing, Do-si-do, Promenade, Sashay, Swing, Landler
Derivative terms: Contra Danse, Contredanse, Country-dance
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
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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