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saraband
noun sar·a·band \ˈsa-rə-ˌband\
Definition of SARABAND
1
: a stately court dance of the 17th and 18th centuries resembling the minuet
2
: the music for the saraband in slow triple time with accent on the second beat
Variants of SARABAND
sar·a·band or sar·a·bande \ˈsa-rə-ˌband\
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Origin of SARABAND
French sarabande, from Spanish zarabanda
First Known Use: 1616
Rhymes with SARABAND
ampersand, baby grand, bear a hand, beforehand, behindhand, bellyband, belly-land, borderland, bottomland, cap in hand, concert grand, confirmand, contraband, countermand, Damavand, Dixieland, ductless gland, eldest hand, fairyland, fatherland, force one's hand, forestland, four-in-hand, garage band, gastric gland, Gelderland, graduand, hand in hand, hand-to-hand, hand to hand, helping hand, high command, hinterland, Holy Land, Krugerrand, lotusland, meadowland, minute hand, motherland, Nagaland, narrowband, no-man's-land, on demand, one-man band, one-night stand, operand, ordinand, out of hand, overhand, overland, parlor grand, pastureland, promised land, prostate gland, public land, radicand, reprimand, Rio Grande, rubber band, running hand, secondhand, Swaziland, tableland, taxi stand, timberland, Togoland, try one's hand, underhand, undermanned, understand, wonderland, Zululand
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