saraband

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.3 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

French sarabande, Spanish zarabanda, from Persian serbend (“‘a song’”).

[edit] Noun

saraband (plural sarabands)

1. 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