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Polonaise

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. The Polish language.

2. An article of dress for women, consisting of a body and an outer skirt in one piece.

3. A stately Polish dance tune, in 3-4 measure, beginning always on the beat with a quaver followed by a crotchet, and closing on the beat after a strong accent on the second beat; also, a dance adapted to such music; a polacca.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Of or pertaining to the Poles, or to Poland. [Written also Polonese.]

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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