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beguine

noun /bɪɡin/ 2 syllables 7 letters Scrabble 10 WWF 14
Definitions
noun

a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba

noun

music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance

noun

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

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