Definition of "courant"

courant¹

noun
plural courants
1. A piece of music in triple time.
2. A lively dance; a coranto.
  Quotations
  It is harder, in that, to dance a courant well than a jig.
  a. 1699, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, Heads designed for an essay on conversation

courant²

/ˈkʊɹənt/

noun
plural courants
1. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
adjective
not comparable
1. (heraldry) Represented as running.