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beguine

 
Noun beguine has 3 senses
  1. 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
    --1 is a kind of
    sister
    --1 is a member of sisterhood
  2. beguine - music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
    --2 is a kind of
    dance music, danceroom music, ballroom music
  3. beguine - a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba
    --3 is a kind of
    ballroom dancing, ballroom dance
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