1. a stately Polish dance in triple time
2. music written for or in the style of a polonaise dance
3. a woman’s dress or robe with a fitted bodice and an overskirt draped back to show an underskirt
Usage: historical fashion

Examples

• The ballroom dancers performed an elegant polonaise.
• Chopin composed several famous polonaises for piano.
• The orchestra played a polonaise to open the concert.
• She wore a beautiful polonaise gown to the period costume party.
• The polonaise was a popular court dance in 18th-century Europe.
• Students learned the basic steps of the polonaise in dance class.