morris dance
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Thought to be from Moorish + dance. The German Moriskentanz is a cognate.
Noun[edit]
morris dance (plural morris dances)
- 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.
Verb[edit]
morris dance (third-person singular simple present morris dances, present participle morris dancing, simple past and past participle morris danced)
- (intransitive) To perform in such a dance.
Further reading[edit]
morris dance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
