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Main Entry: stance
Pronunciation: ?stan(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English stance, staunce, from Middle French estance position, posture, stay,
from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *stantia, from Latin stant-, stans, present participle of stare to stand
Date: 14th century
1chiefly Scottish a: station b: site
2 a: a way of standing or being placed : posture b: intellectual or emotional attitude <took an antiwar stance>
3 a: the position of the feet of a golfer or batter preparatory to making a swing b: the position of both body and feet from which an athlete starts or operates