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polonaise
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Polonaise is a French feminine adjective meaning "Polish" (of or related to Poland or the Polish people ). In English it may refer to: Polonaise , a slow, stately dance of Polish origin. A piece of music for this dance, popularized by Frédéric Chopin . ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polonaise \Po`lo*naise"\, a. [F. polonais, polonaise, Polish.] Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. [Written also Polonese .]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1773, "woman's overdress" (from fancied resemblance to Polish costume); 1797, "stately dance," from French (danse) polonaise "a Polish (dance)," fem. of polonais (adj.) "Polish," from Pologne "Poland," from Medieval Latin Polonia "Poland" (see Poland ). ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a woman's dress with a tight bodice and an overskirt drawn back to reveal a colorful underskirt
Usage examples of polonaise.
Oysters Rockefeller, Bienville and Roffignac-flounder Nouvelle Orleans, stuffed with seasoned crabmeat, choux fleur Polonaise, pommes au four, and-from the hovering wine steward-a bottle of Montrachet.
She played Chopin--studies, waltzes, mazurkas, preludes, a polonaise or two.
He ordered for them both: 2-2-2 hultres-the house's specialty combining Oysters Rockefeller, Bienville and Roffignac-flounder Nouvelle Orleans, stuffed with seasoned crabmeat, choux fleur Polonaise, pommes au four, and-from the hovering wine steward-a bottle of Montrachet.
A quarter of an hour after my arrival, the ball began with a polonaise.
This consists of a simple gros de laine, trimmed with ashes of roses, with overskirt of scare bleu ventre saint gris, cut bias on the off-side, with facings of petit polonaise and narrow insertions of pa^te de foie gras backstitched to the mise en sce`ne in the form of a jeu d'esprit.
Her skirt was much narrower than anything Alamitos had seen, or for that matter, Philadelphia or San Francisco, and the polonaise of flowered material was startling.
Highness very kindly made the Crown Prince walk the Polonaise with her.
Jellied chicken loaf, and chives and sesame seed biscuits, followed by Dwight's dessert specialty, a Hampton polonaise: a cake made with layers of almond and chocolate, which he serves with a sweet whipped cream.