saraband
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
French sarabande, Spanish zarabanda, from Persian serbend (“a song”).
[edit] Noun
saraband (plural sarabands)
- A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself.
- She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab. -Sir W. Scott.
[edit] References
- saraband in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
