galliard

noun
High School
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).

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