Definition of "minuets" [minuets]

• Plural form of minuet. (noun)

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• "Springing to their hind legs, they pranced and bowed in minuets."
• "Even less extreme movements are odd, such as minuets generally taken as fast scherzos with much slower trios."
• "On the second of September, the Prince left Blair and went to the house of Lude, where he was very cheerful, and took his share in several dances, such as minuets and Highland reels; the first reel the Prince called for was, "This is no 'mine ain House;" he afterwards commanded a"