lancers

lanc·er

L0033200 (lăn′sər)n.1. A cavalryman armed with a lance.2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances.3. lancers(used with a sing. verb)a. A kind of quadrille.b. The music for this dance.

[French lancier, from Old French, maker of lances, from lance, lance; see lance.]

lancers

(ˈlɑːnsəz) n (functioning as singular) 1. (Dancing) a quadrille for eight or sixteen couples2. (Music, other) a piece of music composed for this dance

Thesaurus

Noun

lancers - a quadrille for 8 or 16 couplesquadrille - a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples

Translations

Lancers

an English ballroom dance. It became widespread in Europe in the mid-19th century. The dance is performed by four couples placed in a crisscross fashion in the set. It consists of five figures. The first, third, and fourth figures are in 6/8 time, and the second and fifth are in 3/4 and 4/4 time. Each figure, except the fifth, begins with a musical introduction (eight bars). In some countries, especially Russia, the dance was popular among the common people. Numerous variants of it have been created in Russian folk dance.

lancers

noun

Words related to lancers

noun a quadrille for 8 or 16 couples

Related Words

quadrille

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