escadrille

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  • Noun:
    a small squadron
    an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I)

Word Origin

escadrille (n.)
1893, from French escadrille, from Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra "square, squad, squadron," from Vulgar Latin *exquadrare, from Latin quadrare "to square" (see quadrant).

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