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Definition of Morris dance
1. Noun. Any of various English folk dances performed by dancers in costume.
Definition of Morris dance
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Verb. To perform in such a dance ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Morris Dance
Literary usage of Morris dance
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Children's Singing Games by Alice Bertha Gomme (1912)
"London Pride (morris dance). Derbyshire morris dance) Maid o' the Mill (Morris
... Price Two Shillings and Sixpence net morris dance TUNES COLLECTED FROM ..."
2. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...by William Hone by William Hone (1841)
"The morris-dance is presumed by Mr. Peck to have been first brought to England
... The morris-dance became introduced into the May-games, in which there was ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1917)
"... por Musician 22:91-2 F "17 morris dance comes to America. H: W. Lanier.
Shaw, Robert W. War's challenge to the church. ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The morris-dance was abolished along with the May-games and other festivities by
the Puritans, and, although revived at the Restoration, ..."
5. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by John Alexander Fuller-Maitland, George Grove (1880)
"From its association with the May games, the morris dance became ... The Morris
Dance attained its greatest popularity i:i the reign of Henry VIII. ..."
6. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"A curious tract appeared in 1609 describing a morris dance in ... The morris
dance has, however, continued in parts of England nearly to the present time. ..."
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