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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: Spanish cuadrilla 'group of soldiers', from Italian quadriglia, from quadra 'square'

quadrille

 noun
     
Related topics: Dance
qua‧drille [countable]
APD a dance, popular especially in the 19th century, in which the dancers form a square
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