Thesaurus: squadron

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1. n. Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
2. n. A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
3. n. A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
4. n. a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms
5. n. an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group
6. n. a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task
7. 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.
8. A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, andaverging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
9. n:100 n. a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms n. an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group n. a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task