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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Contredanse \Con"tre*danse`\, n. [Cf. F. contredanse (fr. E.
{Country-dance}). ]
1.
a A dance in which the partners are arranged face to
face, or in opposite lines.
b The quadrille. [Obs.]
2. (Music) A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
contredanse
n : a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets
or face one another in a line [syn: {country-dance}, {country
dancing}, {contra danse}]
v : perform a contradance [syn: {contradance}, {country-dance},
{contra danse}]
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