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1. (n.) platoon
a military unit consisting of two or more squads or sections and a headquarters.
2. platoon
a small unit of a police force.
3. platoon
a company or group:
a platoon of visitors.
4. platoon
Football. a group of players specially trained in one aspect of the game, as offense or defense.
5. (v.t.) platoon
Sports.
6. platoon
to use (a player) at a position in a game alternately with another player.
7. platoon
to alternate (two different teams or units).
8. (v.i.) platoon
Sports.
9. platoon
to alternate at a position with another player.
10. platoon
to use players alternately at the same position.
11. platoon
to alternate different teams.
Etymology: (1630–40; earlier plotton < F peloton little ball, group, platoon, dim. of pelote ball. See pellet , -oon)
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| Definition of 'platoon' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) platoon
a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant
2. (noun) platoon
a team of policemen working under the military platoon system
3. (noun) platoon
a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity
"platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the defensive platoon of the football team"
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| Definition of 'platoon' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) platoon
formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square
2. (noun) platoon
now, in the United States service, half of a company
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Sense: a section of a company of soldiers.
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Afrikaans: peloton |
Arabic: فَصيلَة من الجُنْد |
Bulgarian: взвод |
Brazilian: pelotão |
Czech: rota |
German: der Zug |
Danish: deling |
Greek: διμοιρία |
Spanish: pelotón |
Estonian: rühm |
Farsi: دسته |
Finnish: joukkue |
French: section |
Hebrew: מַחלָקָה |
Hindi: पलटन |
Croatian: vod vojnika,četa |
Hungarian: szakasz |
Indonesian: peleton |
Icelandic: flokksdeild |
Italian: plotone |
Japanese: 小隊 |
Korean: 소대 |
Lithuanian: būrys |
Latvian: (kareivju) vads |
Malay: platun |
Dutch: peloton |
Norwegian: tropp |
Polish: pluton |
Persian: بلوك در اردو يا پوليس |
Pashto: بلوك په عسكرى پا يوليس كښ |
Portuguese: pelotão |
Romanian: pluton |
Russian: взвод |
Slovak: rota |
Slovenian: vojaški oddelek |
Serbian: vod |
Swedish: pluton |
Thai: กอง (ทหาร) |
Turkish: müfreze, takım |
Taiwanese: (軍隊的)排 |
Ukrainian: взвод |
Urdu: پلٹن |
Vietnamese: trungđội |
Chinese: (军队的)排 |
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