| n. | 1. | 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. |
| Noun | 1. | Beguine - (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. | beguine - music written in the bolero rhythm of the beguine dance | |
| 3. | beguine - a ballroom dance that originated in the French West Indies; similar to the rumba |