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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 be·guine /bɪˈgin/
 比根,比根舞

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Be·guine n.  A woman belonging to one of the religious and charitable associations or communities in the Netherlands, and elsewhere, whose members live in beguinages and are not bound by perpetual vows.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Beguine
      n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of
           several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th
           centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters
           followed an austere life
      2: music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance
      3: a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies;
         similar to the rumba