morris dancing

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   any of various English folk dances performed by dancers in costume

   Synonymsmorris dance

   Broaderfolk dancing

Questions about morris dancing

What does morris dancing mean?

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

What is another word for morris dancing?

Close synonyms include morris dance. 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 dancing a common word?

morris dancing 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.