Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
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brandle . - noun A kind of dance; the generic name of all dances in which one or two dancers lead all the others, who repeat all that the first have done, as the grandpère and the cotillion. See brantle, brawl.
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- noun A 16th century French dance
Etymologies
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Examples
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Monseigneur the Duc de Bourgogne danced on this occasion for the first time; and led off the 'branle' with
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That day the immense dowry was declared; and on Sunday there was a grand ball, that is, a ball opened by a 'branle' which settled the order of the dancing throughout the evening.
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Monseigneur the Duc de Bourgogne danced on this occasion for the first time; and led off the 'branle' with
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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Monseigneur the Duc de Bourgogne danced on this occasion for the first time; and led off the 'branle' with
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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That day the immense dowry was declared; and on Sunday there was a grand ball, that is, a ball opened by a 'branle' which settled the order of the dancing throughout the evening.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Complete Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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That day the immense dowry was declared; and on Sunday there was a grand ball, that is, a ball opened by a 'branle' which settled the order of the dancing throughout the evening.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 01 Louis de Rouvroy Saint-Simon 1715
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One of the most insightful pieces she published on Borges was "A Postmodern Approach to Fictional History in Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius and the Asceticism of Ezra Buckley" in which Palin brilliantly deconstructed the notion of history relative to the character, Ezra Buckley, in a way that the late Jacques Derrida wrote, "Je m'em branle!"
Mark Axelrod: The Palin Borges Connection; or, What's History Got to Do With It? Mark Axelrod 2011
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Lacy thoughtfully asked us for a French branle, with a tempered choreography without caprioles or jetés.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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Lacy thoughtfully asked us for a French branle, with a tempered choreography without caprioles or jetés.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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One of the most insightful pieces she published on Borges was "A Postmodern Approach to Fictional History in Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius and the Asceticism of Ezra Buckley" in which Palin brilliantly deconstructed the notion of history relative to the character, Ezra Buckley, in a way that the late Jacques Derrida wrote, "Je m'em branle!"
Mark Axelrod: The Palin Borges Connection; or, What's History Got to Do With It? Mark Axelrod 2011
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