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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. music composed for dancing the saraband;

2. a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Saraband \Sar"a*band\, n. [F. sarabande, Sp. zarabanda, fr. Per. serbend a song.] A slow Spanish dance of Saracenic origin, to an air in triple time; also, the air itself. [1913 Webster] She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

saraband n 1: music composed for dancing the saraband 2: a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries; in slow time