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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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