Associations to the word «Beguine»

Wiktionary

BEGUINE, noun. A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song Begin the Beguine; the music for the dance.

Dictionary definition

BEGUINE, noun. (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life.
BEGUINE, noun. Music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance.
BEGUINE, noun. A ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba.

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