# galliard

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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).

## Source
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