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morris_dance

morris dance

English

A morris dance.

Noun

morris dance (plural morris dances)

  1. A traditional English folk dance performed by a team of costumed dancers, often men but also men and women together or women only, who often wield sticks or handkerchiefs. Sometimes referred to simply as 'the morris' (e.g. 'to dance the morris').

Verb

morris dance (third-person singular simple present morris dances, present participle morris dancing, simple past and past participle morris danced)

  1. To perform in such a dance