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mazurka

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ma·zur·ka  (m-zûrk, -zr-)
n.
1. A Polish dance resembling the polka, frequently adopted as a ballet form.
2. A piece of music for such a dance, written in 3/4 or 3/8 time with the second beat heavily accented.
[Russian, possibly from Polish (taczy) mazurka, (to dance) the mazurka, accusative of mazurek, dance of the Mazovians, from diminutive of Mazur, person from Mazovia, a historical region of eastern Poland.]
mazurka
Noun
1. a lively Polish dance in triple time
2. music for this dance [Polish]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mazurkamazurka - music composed for dancing the mazurka
dance music - music to dance to
2.mazurka - a Polish national dance in triple time
folk dance, folk dancing - a style of dancing that originated among ordinary people (not in the royal courts)


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He taught certain uncouth lads, when they were of an age to enter society, the intricacies of contra dances, or the steps of the schottische and mazurka, and he was a marked figure in all social assemblies, though conspicuously absent from town-meetings and the purely masculine gatherings at the store or tavern or bridge.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
He led the mazurka at the Arkharovs' ball, talked about the war with Field Marshal Kamenski, visited the English Club, and was on intimate terms with a colonel of forty to whom Denisov had introduced
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The week before, Kitty had told her mother of a conversation she had with Vronsky during a mazurka.
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