Search Result:beguine
KK Pronunciation
〔 bIˋgin 〕
Pronunciation
〔 biˊɡiːn 〕
Overview of noun beguine
The noun beguine has 3 senses
- Beguine -- ((Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life)
- beguine -- (music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance)
- beguine -- (a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba)