bransle

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A form of branle — A dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance.

OriginMiddle French bransle →
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Meanings

nounbransle (plural bransles)

plural bransles

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of branle.

    Now making layes of loue and louers paine, / Bransles, Ballads, virelayes, and verses vaine […]

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

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Origin

  1. Middle Frenchbransle
  2. Englishbransle

From Middle French bransle, variant form of branle.

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APA

bransle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bransle

MLA

“bransle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bransle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bransle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bransle.

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