pavan

HYPHEN

pav=an

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun pavan has 2 senses

pavan(n = noun.communication) pavane - music composed for dancing the pavane;

is a kind of dance music

pavan(n = noun.act) pavane - a stately court dance of the 16th and 17th centuries;

is a kind of dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore

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CIDE DICTIONARY

pavan, n. [F. pavane; cf. It. & Sp. pavana, and Sp. pavon, pavo, a peacock, L. pavo.].

A stately and formal Spanish dance for which full state costume is worn; -- so called from the resemblance of its movements to those of the peacock. [1913 Webster]