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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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