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Quadrille vs Lancers - What's the difference?

quadrille | lancers |

As nouns the difference between quadrille and lancers

is that quadrille is a dance originating in the mid-1700s with four dancers forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance while lancers is a traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille.

As a verb quadrille

is to dance the quadrille.

quadrille

English

(wikipedia quadrille)

Etymology 1

(etyl), in sense of “group of knights”, from (etyl) cuadrilla, diminutive of

Noun

(en noun)
  • A dance originating in the mid-1700s with four dancers forming a square, rather much like the modern square dance.
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  • The music for this dance.
  • (card games) A Spanish trick-taking card game from the 1700s.
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  • A choreographed dressage ride, commonly performed to music, with a minimum of four horses.

    • Verb

    (quadrill)
  • To dance the quadrille.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Quadrille ruled graph paper, quad paper.
    • Derived terms
    * quadrille paper

    Related terms

    * quad * quadrella

    References

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    lancers

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • a traditional dance for eight or sixteen couples, originating from a 19th century quadrille
  • the music for a lancers

    • Quotations

    * 1914 , *: Lancers were arranged.''

    See also

    * quadrille ----