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Webster 1913 Edition
Coranto
{
, Co-rant
,Co-ran′to
}Noun.
[See
Courant
.] A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.
It is harder to dance a
corant
well, than a jig. Sir W. temple.
Dancing a
coranto
with him upon the heath. Macaulay.
Definition 2024
coranto
coranto
English
Alternative forms
Noun
coranto (plural corantos or corantoes)
- A fast-paced dance which originated in France.
- Macaulay
- Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath.
- 1928, Virginia Woolf, Orlando
- Orlando, it is true, was none of those who tread lightly the coranto and lavolta; he was clumsy; and a little absent-minded.
- Macaulay
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