Definition of Cuadrilla

1. Noun. (bullfighting) The team which supports the matador. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cuadrilla

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cuadrilla

ctenoidean
ctenoideans
ctenophile
ctenophiles
ctenophoran
ctenophorans
ctenophore
ctenophore family
ctenophore genus
ctenophores
cthonic
ctor
ctr.
cu ft
cu in
cuadrilla (current term)
cuadrillas
cualstibite
cuatro
cuatros
cub
cub-reporter
cub reporter
cub scout
cub shark
cuba
cubage
cubage unit
cubages
cubane

Literary usage of Cuadrilla

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"Juan Romero was the first to organize a cuadrilla, de toreros (band, or company, of bullfighters). The authorities of the Catholic Church have often ..."

2. Memoirs by Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (1913)
"While the first detachment, cuadrilla, of workmen, was returning to their villages and I was ... The second cuadrilla having arrived laden with provisions, ..."

3. Untrodden Spain, and Her Black Country: Being Sketches of the Life and by Hugh James Rose (1875)
"Here, however, his cuadrilla afford every assistance, and are ever ready with their capas, and direct the charge against themselves. ..."

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