squadron

About 4.87 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A body of troops drawn up in a square.
2. noun A body of cavalry comprising two companies or troops, averaging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred soldiers.
3. noun 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. noun A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer

   the North Atlantic Squadron

5. noun A tactical air force unit; consists of at least two flights; multiple squadrons make up a group or wing (depending on particular air force).
6. noun A spaceforce unit; multiple squadrons make up an operations delta or a support garrison.
7. verb To divide up into squadrons.

Similar words

platoon regiment squad troop commander flight fighter formation leaked swarmer

Often followed by

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Word family

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