MINUET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does minuet mean? 

• MINUET (noun)
  The noun MINUET has 2 senses:

1. a stately court dance in the 17th century

2. a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite

  Familiarity information: MINUET used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINUET (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A stately court dance in the 17th century

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("minuet" is a kind of...):

ballroom dance; ballroom dancing (any of a variety of social dances performed by couples in a ballroom)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("minuet" is a kind of...):

dance music (music to dance to)

 Context examples 

She sometimes played tunes upon them with her fingers—minuets and marches I should think—but never moved them.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)