Usually means: Formal dance class for etiquette.
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  1. cotillion: Merriam-Webster
  2. cotillion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cotillion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cotillion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cotillion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cotillion, cotillion: Wordnik
  7. cotillion: Wiktionary
  8. cotillion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. cotillion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. cotillion: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. cotillion: Dictionary.com
  12. cotillion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Cotillion (disambiguation), Cotillion (novel), Cotillion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Cotillion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. cotillion: Rhymezone
  16. Cotillion: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. cotillion: FreeDictionary.org
  18. cotillion: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. cotillion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. cotillion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cotillion: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cotillion)

noun:  (dance) A bold dance performed in groups of eight where women lift their skirts to display their ankles.
noun:  (music) The music regulating the cotillion.
noun:  (textiles) A kind of woollen material for women's skirts.
verb:  (intransitive, rare) To dance the cotillion.
noun:  (US) Ellipsis of cotillion ball.; a coming-of-age party meant to present girls newly transitioned into womanhood to the community for courtship.

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