| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | qua·drille |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kw -dr l , kw -, k- |
| NOUN: | 1. A square dance of French origin composed of five sections and performed by four couples. 2. Music for this dance in 6/8 and 2/4 time. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from quadrille, team, crew, one of four groups of horsemen, from Spanish cuadrilla, probably diminutive of cuadro, square, from Latin quadrum. See kwetwer- in Appendix I.
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