morris dance

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   any of various English folk dances performed by dancers in costume

   Synonymsmorris dancing

   Broaderfolk dancing

Questions about morris dance

What does morris dance mean?

morris dance means "any of various English folk dances performed by dancers in costume".

What is another word for morris dance?

Close synonyms include morris dancing. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is morris dance a common word?

morris dance is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.