coranto
Americannoun
plural
corantos, corantoesnoun
Etymology
Origin of coranto
1615–25; earlier carranta < Italian cor ( r ) anta < French courante courante
Example Sentences
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"Or if ye will, the little maid will dance the coranto for you, straight from my Lord Chancellor's dancing-master; and while she dances I will sing."
From Master Skylark by Bennett, John
She would play with her rings that her courtiers might note the delicacy of her hands; or dance a coranto that an ambassador, hidden dexterously behind a curtain, might report her sprightliness to his master.
From History of the English People, Volume IV by Green, John Richard
I was afraid that you preferred the light and trivial coranto to the graceful saraband.”
From The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War by Fenn, George Manville
A student of Shakspere, I had learned something of every dance alluded to in his plays, and hence partially understood several of those I now saw—the minuet, the pavin, the hey, the coranto, the lavolta.
From Lilith, a romance by MacDonald, George
Then Charles, with ready grace, would begin the coranto, taking a single lady in this dance along the gallery.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace
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