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quadrille

quad·rille

UK/kwɒdˈɹɪl/ uncommon

noun

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a square dance of 5 or more figures for 4 or more couples

Origin

French, in sense of “group of knights”, from Spanish cuadrilla, diminutive of cuadra (“square”) (compare also cuadra (“four”)), from Latin quadra.

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