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cotillion

noun

kō-ˈtil-yən

variants also cotillon

Definition of cotillion

as in prom

a social gathering for dancing young men hoping to meet the women of their dreams at the cotillion

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Recent Examples of cotillion At the end of the Ivy Rosettes Mentoring Program, the young women make their formal debut at a cotillion. — Najahe Sherman, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026 The show also has a cotillion episode planned for May and an unannounced Tony and Grammy Award-winning guest star set for an Easter episode. — Kennedy French, Variety, 20 Feb. 2026 This picture is one of a few taken at cotillion, a largely Southern tradition of etiquette classes and formal dance instruction for middle schoolers. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2025 Her childhood was crawfish boils and auditions, not high society balls and cotillions. — Jeff Weiss, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for cotillion

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Murray rocked a royal rewear of his Prince Charming costume from the teen rom com, escorting his wife Sarah Roemer to a prom at the Children’s Hospital of Orange County oncology department.

— Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2026
In August 2017, Kate shared a throwback photo of the two of them attending prom together in their teenage years.

— Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 27 Oct. 2026

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The dance studio is just one element of the school’s new Fine Arts Center, which also features a black box theater, studio for recording podcasts and videos, a STEM and architectural lab and orchestra instructional spaces.

— Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
Wow and Festival Experience dance, music, craft and cooking demonstrations, storytelling, wildlife presentations at the annual Pow Wow and Festival at Stone Mountain Park.

— Mary Caldwell, AJC.com, 29 Oct. 2026

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