Definitions for quatrainˈkwɒ treɪn
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
quat•rainˈkwɒ treɪn(n.)
a stanza or poem of four lines, usu. with alternate rhymes.
Category: Prosody
Origin of quatrain:
1575–85; < F, =quatrefour (< L quattuor) +-ain < L -ānus -an1
Princeton's WordNet
quatrain(noun)
a stanza of four lines
Wiktionary
quatrain(Noun)
a poem in four lines
quatrain(Noun)
a stanza of four lines
Webster Dictionary
Quatrain(noun)
a stanza of four lines rhyming alternately
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