| beguine | (บิกีน') n. ชื่อการเต้นรำชนิดหนึ่งในอาฟริกาใต้, จังหวะบิกิน |
| beguine | (n) (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 |
| beguine | (n) music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance |
| beguine | (n) a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba |
| Beguine | ‖n. [ F. béguine; LL. beguina, beghina; fr. Lambert le Bègue (the Stammerer) the founder of the order. (Du Cange.) ] A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows. [ 1913 Webster ] |