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Meaning of galliard

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galliard

noun

Definitions

  1. A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe.

  2. The triple-time music for this dance.

  3. A brisk, merry person.

  4. An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).

adjective

Definitions

  1. Gay; brisk; active.