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cuadrilla

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cua⋅dril⋅la

  [kwah-dree-yuh, -dreel-yuh; Sp. kwah-three-lyah, -three-yah]
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–noun, plural -dril⋅las  [-dree-yuhz, -dreel-yuhz; Sp. -three-lyahs, -three-yahs] .
the group of assistants serving a matador in a bullfight, consisting of three banderilleros and two picadors.
Origin:
1835–45; < Sp: group, gang (orig. one of four groups), dim. of cuadra < L quadra side of a square
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cua·dril·la   (kwä-drē'yə, -drēl'yə)   
n.   pl. cua·dril·las
The group of assistants to the matador in a bullfight.

[Spanish, diminutive of cuadra, square, from Latin quadra; see quadrille1.]
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