écossaise
Americannoun
noun
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a lively dance in two-four time
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the tune for such a dance
Etymology
Origin of écossaise
1860–65; < French, feminine of écossais Scottish, equivalent to Écosse Scotland + -ais -ese; translation of German schottisch
Example Sentences
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Miss Brown gave me Beethoven’s Ecossaise in G, which, strangely, had chords not unlike the Joplin rags.
From Literature
One possible explanation is that their forefathers include a unit of Scottish soldiers - the Garde Ecossaise - who served the French King, Francis I, and were defeated with him at the Battle of Pavia, near Milan, in February 1525.
From BBC
On Tuesday, Giacometti's "Diego en chemise ecossaise" sold for $32.6 million, a record for a painting by the artist, and several of the top lots went to Asian clients.
From Reuters
You are a French actress, born in Genoa on the seventeenth of September, 1772, and you made your first appearance on the stage in L'Ecossaise in 1788.
From Project Gutenberg
Racine availed himself not a little of Aman, but L'Écossaise is Montchrestien's best piece.
From Project Gutenberg
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