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Meanings of polonaise in English
Spanish
polonesa 
Various styles of women's garments, generally with a decoratively draped overskirt.
Usage of polonaise in English
1
She stopped in the polonaise before a young lieutenant, who turned scarlet.
2
The men began to choose partners and take their places for the polonaise.
3
They hovered past to the melancholy strains of the Oginski polonaise.
4
Nor did a certain light polonaise conceal the outlines of her charming figure.
5
After sixteen bars of tutti, the pianoforte commences, unaccompanied, the polonaise.
6
Then the polonaise formed, and they went in to supper.
7
The nickname 'Polish' relates to the finale which draws on rhythms from the polonaise.
8
The first dance was a polonaise, after which the musicians struck up a waltz.
9
The polonaise led to a waltz, again by Chopin, then one of Beethoven's sonatas.
10
A quarter of an hour after my arrival, the ball began with a polonaise.
11
She played Chopin-studies, waltzes, mazurkas, preludes, a polonaise or two.
12
The door opened, and from the dining room came the resounding strains of the polonaise:
13
Practically, he may be said to have invented the polonaise, the nocturne, and the ballad.
14
The second polonaise is of a wholly different character.
15
It is, to quote Niecks, a modified polonaise, danced by the peasants with lusty abandon.
16
For outer garments-well , Ihavea trained black silk dress, with a black silk polonaise!
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