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beguine
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[bɪˈɡiːn], (Noun)
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- a popular dance of Caribbean origin, similar to the foxtrot
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Origin
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1930s: from West Indian French, from French béguin ‘infatuation’
[beɪˈɡiːn], (Noun)
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- (in the Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood in the Low Countries, not bound by vows
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Origin
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late 15th century: Old French béguine, from the name of Lambert Bègue or le Bègue (‘the Stammerer’), a 12th-century priest who founded the order
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