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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line;
[syn: country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradance]


VERB (1)

1. perform a contradance;
[syn: contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra danse]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Contradance \Con"tra*dance`\, n. [Pref. contra- + dance: cf. F. contrdance. Cf. Country-dance.] A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

contradance n 1: a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line [syn: country-dance, country dancing, contredanse, contra danse, contradance] v 1: perform a contradance [syn: contradance, country-dance, contredanse, contra danse]