escadrille
Americannoun
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a squadron or divisional unit of airplanes.
the Lafayette Escadrille of World War I.
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Obsolete. a small naval squadron.
noun
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a French squadron of aircraft, esp in World War I
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a small squadron of ships
Etymology
Origin of escadrille
1910–15; < French: flotilla, Middle French < Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra squadron
Example Sentences
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“I don’t think Prince minded going,” fellow escadrille pilot James R. McConnell wrote.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016
After the United States entered the conflict, the escadrille was absorbed into the American air service, and today its members are considered the godfathers of the U.S.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016
Life in the escadrille was glamorous and deadly.
From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2016
World War II's escadrille is the American Eagle Squadron, quietly recruited and energized by Colonel Charles Sweeney, a U. S. soldier of fortune who fought in the Foreign Legion last time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Two days after Prince's death the escadrille received orders to leave for the Somme.
From Flying for France With the American escadrille at Verdun by McConnell, James R. (James Rogers)
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