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squadron


  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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