| Pronunciation: | | 'saru`band
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time
- [n] music composed for dancing the saraband
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| | See Also: | | ballroom music, dance, dance music, danceroom music, dancing, saltation, terpsichore |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Sar"a*band\, n. [F. sarabande, Sp. zarabanda, fr. Per.
serbend a song.]
A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple
time; also, the air itself.
She has brought us the newest saraband from the court
of Queen Mab. --Sir W.
Scott.
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