coranto

[ kuh-ran-toh, -rahn-, koh- ]

noun

, plural co·ran·tos, co·ran·toes.

1. courante.

coranto

/ kɒˈræntəʊ /

noun

1. a variant of courante

Word History and Origins

Origin of coranto¹

1615–25; earlier carranta < Italian cor ( r ) anta < French courante courante

Example Sentences

I thought Sir you wou'd have been more open-handed, I sell no Coranto's at such rates.

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Morley speaks of the Volte, and says it is characterised by 'rising and leaping,' and is of the same 'measure' as a coranto.

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Whitelocke and Hyde were two of the principal managers, and the former wrote for it his celebrated Coranto.

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Even the Pope (I speak in all reverence) must play billiards or trip a coranto now and then!

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Then Charles, with ready grace, would begin the coranto, taking a single lady in this dance along the gallery.

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