folk dance

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noun

a dance that originated among, and has been transmitted through, the common people.Compare court dance.

a piece of music for such a dance.

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Origin of folk dance

First recorded in 1905–10

OTHER WORDS FROM folk dance

folk dancer, nounfolk dancing, noun

Words nearby folk dance

folio verso, folium, folivore, folk, folk art, folk dance, Folkestone, Folketing, folk etymology, folkie, folkish

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How to use folk dance in a sentence

Her own father, a truck driver, was gone for days or weeks at a time, while her mother taught clogging, a form of folk dance.
“They Took Us Away From Each Other”: Lost Inside America’s Shadow Foster System|by Lizzie Presser, photography by Elinor Carucci for The New York Times|December 1, 2021|ProPublica
I have promised to lead a folk dance conference on the weekend.
Warren Commission (3 of 26): Hearings Vol. III (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Occasionally one had an impression that it had once been a folk dance of vigour and significance.
The Foundations of Japan|J.W. Robertson Scott
It's a Russian folk-dance my mother taught me the first year we were in this country.
The Best Short Stories of 1917|Various

We'll introduce a folk dance and a few folk songs if necessary.
The Smuggler's Cave|George A. Birmingham
They were dressed in many-coloured garments and danced a folk dance.
Marching Men|Sherwood Anderson

British Dictionary definitions for folk dance

folk dance

noun

any of various traditional rustic dances often originating from festivals or rituals

a piece of music composed for such a dance

verb folk-dance (intr)

to perform a folk dance

Derived forms of folk dance

folk dancing, noun

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folk dance

Origin of folk dance

OTHER WORDS FROM folk dance

Words nearby folk dance

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How to use folk dance in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for folk dance

Derived forms of folk dance