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:
escadrilles

Origin of Escadrille

  • 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

  • From French escadrille, from Middle French, from Spanish escuadrilla, from Latin exquadrare (“to square off”).

    From Wiktionary

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