SQUADRON
\skwˈɒdɹən], \skwˈɒdɹən], \s_k_w_ˈɒ_d_ɹ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SQUADRON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
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A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
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A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
By Oddity Software
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A body of cavalry, consisting of two troops, or 120 to 200 men: a section of a fleet, commanded by a flag-officer.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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An assemblage of war-yessels smaller than a fleet.
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A division of a cavalry regiment.
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A number of military aeroplanes.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Latin] A square body;-a body of troops formed in a square ;-a body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from 150 to 200 men ;-a division of a fleet ;-usually a third part of the whole naval armament cruising together ; - a detachment of ships of war sent on a special expedition.
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