2 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Squadron \Squad"ron\, n. [F. escadron formerly also esquadron,
or It squadrone. See {Squad}.]
1. Primarily, a square; hence a square body of troops; a
body of troops drawn up in a square. [R.]
Those half-rounding quards Just met, and closing,
stood in squadron joined. --Milton.
2. (Mil.) A body of cavarly comparising two companies or
troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two
hundred men.
3. (Naut.) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular
service or station, under the command of the senior
officer; as the North Atlantic Squadron. --Totten.
{Flying squadron}, a squadron of observation or practice,
that cruises rapidly about from place to place --Ham.
Nav. Encyc.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
squadron
n 1: a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and
headquarters and supporting arms
2: a unit of the US air force larger than a flight and smaller
than a group
3: a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a
particular task
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