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What is the noun for galliard?

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galliard
  1. A lively dance, popular in 16th- and 17th-century Europe
  2. (music) The triple-time music for this dance
  3. (dated) A brisk, merry person.
  4. (uncountable, Continental printing, dated) An intermediate size of type alternatively equated with brevier (by Didot points) or bourgeois (by Fournier points and by size).
galliards
  1. plural of galliard
  2. Examples:
    1. “Come and learn many of the dances he describes, from branles to pavans to galliards.”
      “The term ballo occurs in this context mainly in the 16th century, when it denoted a collection of dances of the period, such as branles, pavans and galliards, and saltarellos.”
      “And dance coach, Maureen Wilkinson, was on hand to guide the pupils through Tudor dances such as Pavan, Galliards and Almain.”
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