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cotillion
[kuh-til-yuhn, koh-]
noun
a formal ball given especially for debutantes.
a lively French social dance originating in the 18th century, consisting of a variety of steps and figures and performed by couples.
any of various dances resembling the quadrille.
music arranged or played for these dances.
a formalized dance for a large number of people, in which a head couple leads the other dancers through elaborate and stately figures.
cotillion
/ kəˈtɪljən, kəʊ- /
noun
a French formation dance of the 18th century
a quadrille
a complicated dance with frequent changes of partners
a formal ball, esp one at which debutantes are presented
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cotillion1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cotillion1
Example Sentences
The courtly gentleman guided women around the floor to big band standards with all the aplomb of teenage boys waltzing at a cotillion dance they’ve been forced to attend by their parents.
Ron Dong recalled how he and the other nonwhite students would get together the night white youths gathered for cotillion because they never received invites.
Pink was the color of the gown she was wearing when she died in a buggy crash coming home from a cotillion.
The enterprising president of the Harriet Holland Social Club just wants the cotillion to be successful.
They gathered in Black fraternities and sororities, at cotillions, bridge parties.
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