quatre

[kah-ter; French ka-truh]

noun

the four at cards, dice, or the like.

Origin of quatre

Borrowed into English from French around 1540–50

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Historical Examples of quatre

See below on the version Introduction to the Quatre Facardins.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1
George Saintsbury
Quatre Bras is won, but Waterloo has to be fought to-morrow.
The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1
A. Maclaren
Also the marches and polonaises a quatre mains he played with his pupils.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician
Frederick Niecks
Napoleon in his flight crossed the battlefield of Quatre Bras.
The Spell of Belgium
Isabel Anderson
At Quatre Bras the issue of the day was unfavourable to the French.
History of Modern Europe 1972-1878
C. A. Fyffe

British Dictionary definitions for quatre

quatre

noun

a playing card with four pips

Word Origin for quatre

French: four

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