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Squadron

/ˈskwɒd.ɹən/

Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.

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noun

1
Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
2
A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
3
A body of infantrymen made up of several platoons, averaging from eighty to one hundred and fifty men, and led by a captain or a major.
4
A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer
"the North Atlantic Squadron"

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