coranto
Americannoun
plural
corantos, corantoesnoun
Etymology
Origin of coranto
1615–25; earlier carranta < Italian cor ( r ) anta < French courante courante
Example Sentences
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And he taught me the new Versailles coranto.
From London Pride Or When the World Was Younger by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)
"And the brantle and the coranto?" asked the duchess.
From The Touchstone of Fortune by Major, Charles
After that, the king led a lady a single coranto; and then the rest of the lords, one after another, other ladies: very noble it was, and great pleasure to see.
From Royalty Restored by Molloy, J. Fitzgerald (Joseph Fitzgerald)
Then Charles, with ready grace, would begin the coranto, taking a single lady in this dance along the gallery.
From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace
They no more think of weaving whole paragraphs or chapters into complex harmonies, than an ordinary pedestrian of 'going to church in a galliard and coming home in a coranto.'
From Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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