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Definition of Polonaise
1. Noun. A woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt.
Definition of Polonaise
1. a. Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland.
2. n. The Polish language.
Definition of Polonaise
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. ¹
2. Noun. The Polish language. ¹
3. Noun. A stately Polish dance in triple time and moderate tempo. ¹
4. Noun. Music for this dance. ¹
5. Noun. A woman's dress having a tight bodice and a skirt divided to show a coloured underskirt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polonaise
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polonaise
Literary usage of Polonaise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"The polonaise is a kind of stately march, or promenade; not a dance, strictly
speaking. Although written in -J time, the movement is in eighths ; not, ..."
2. Grammar of the Art of Dancing, Theoretical and Practical: Lessons in the by Friedrich Albert Zorn, Alfonso Josephs Sheafe, Benjamin P. Coates (1905)
"Properly speaking, the polonaise is not really a dance, ... The usual step for
the polonaise is the alternation of the feet in the 4th, 3d, ..."
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