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polonaise , Polish national dance, in moderate 3-4 time and of slow, stately movements. It evolved from peasant and court processions and ceremonies of the late 16th cent. and was later used by J. S. and W. F. Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, and Liszt. Chopin, exiled from Poland, expressed his patriotic fervor in 13 polonaises.

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polonaise female dress orig. suggested by that of Polish women; slow dance of Polish origin. XVIII. — F., sb. use of fem. of polonais Polish.

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