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quatrain definition

quat·rain (kwä′trān′, kwä trān′)

noun

a stanza or poem of four lines, often rhyming abab, abba, or abcb

Etymology: Fr < quatre < L quattuor, four

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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