Complete Definition of "saraband"

English

Etymology
F. sarabande, Sp. zarabanda, from Pers. serbend a song.

Noun
saraband

  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.

References
R:1913

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