Escadrille Definition
ĕskə-drĭl, -drē
noun
A squadron of airplanes, usually six, with their men and equipment, as in the French armed forces of WWI.
Webster's New World
A small squadron.
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Other Word Forms of Escadrille
Noun
Singular:
escadrille
Plural:
escadrillesOrigin of Escadrille
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French from Spanish escuadrilla diminutive of escuadra squadron from escuadrar to square off from Vulgar Latin exquadrāre square
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).
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