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Synonyms for escadrille


Grammar : Noun
Spell : es-kuh-dril, es-kuh-dril; French es-ka-dree-yuh
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɛs kəˈdrɪl, ˈɛs kəˌdrɪl; French ɛs kaˈdri yə



Définition of escadrille

Origin :
  • from French escadrille, from Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra "square, squad, squadron," from Vulgar Latin *exquadrare, from Latin quadrare "to square" (see quadrant).
  • As in squadron : noun military unit
Example sentences :
  • We had little thought that an escadrille of German planes could reach Paris.
  • Extract from : « Paris Vistas » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
  • He began to think of what the boys of the escadrille would say.
  • Extract from : « Don Hale with the Flying Squadron » by W. Crispin Sheppard
  • Our escadrille had been in Luxeuil during the months of April and May.
  • Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
  • The news of Rockwell's death was telephoned to the escadrille.
  • Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
  • He was the founder of the American escadrille and every one in it had come to rely on him.
  • Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
  • The escadrille passed through Paris on its way to the Somme front.
  • Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell
  • But why me any more than you, Tom, or any other fellow in the escadrille?
  • Extract from : « Air Service Boys Over The Enemy's Lines » by Charles Amory Beach
  • I looked for my escadrille, and saw these machines way off in the distance.
  • Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell
  • And all the pilots of the escadrille, in turn, came to sign it.
  • Extract from : « Georges Guynemer » by Henry Bordeaux
  • Like all worth-while institutions, the American Escadrille, of which I have the honour of being a member, was of gradual growth.
  • Extract from : « Flying for France » by James R. McConnell

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