contredanse
noun
a variation of the quadrille in which the dancers face each other.
contredanses
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pluralof contredanse.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Previous to the introduction of quadrilles and country dances or contredanses, the inaptitude of nine-tenths of mankind for dancing was still more eminently demonstrated in the murders of the minuet.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 by Various
