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Quan⋅trill

  [kwon-tril]
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–noun
William Clarke, 1837–65, Confederate guerrilla leader.
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Quan·trill   (kwŏn'trĭl')   
American desperado who led a guerrilla band that sporadically supported the Confederacy during the Civil War. He is infamous for his wanton killing of war prisoners and civilians.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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