Definition of Contredance
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
CONTRA DANCE. A dance where the dancers of the different
sexes stand opposite each other, instead of side by side, as
in the minuet, rigadoon, louvre, &c. and now corruptly called a
country dance.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
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